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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.—.-------------------------—__ .—__-----------------------^ Vacation? Ship Unloads Self j uU\ i Lu- Man, particularly when he is in a holiday frame of mind, can upset the best - laid plans of automation - intent engineers. In this case, the vacation shutdowns of United States mines will force The Steel Company of Canada to substitute iron ore pellets for coal in a demonstration to be held Monday of now the several million tons of fuel its furnaces consume will be handled in the future. The new 730 - foot long Manitoulin, most modern vessel on the Great Lakes, will berth at Hilton Works' coal docks and unload her entire cat-go without any aid from Stelco's five overhead cranes. SHE DOESm STRIKE OUT MV Manitoulin, on her maiden voyage mto Hamilton, makes her skipper -Capt. Robert Drummond (right) of Port Colborne -^ one of the happiest on the Lakes. Like the f ablea maSman'nothing stops this new vesseUrom making her delivery on time. She carries to Twl o iron ore pellets pouring of con-TeyorTt left, for her demonstration run. n -Pictures by Alex Yackiminie STELCO commissioned The Canada Steamship Lines to build the self - unloading vessel in the first step toward converting its coal - receiving system from overhead bridge cranes to self - unloading vessel. The move eventually will free the ore bridges for the handling of substantially increased tonnages of iron ore in future years. Manitoulin is capable of carrying 30,000 tons of coal and unloading its holds at 4,200 tons per hour. BUT BECAUSE of the shutdowns of U.S. mines, the big motor vessel shipped a load of iron ore pellets at Taconiet Harbor in Minnesota for her maiden voyage to Hamilton. Stelco will keep Manitoulin busy hauling a big share of the 1,800,000 tons of coal required for its sbeelmaking operations from Lake Erie ports to Hilton Works' docks. Her turnaround time Monday is expected to be three times faster than is possible for vessels which have to be unloaded by overhead bridge cranes. It will be even faster than when she unloads coal cargoes. Manitouiin's machinery will scoot the iron ore pelkits from hold to ore piles at the rate of 6,000 tons per hour. -A-------* 01 th st bi wi fo rr> di th C" tc in re tt to fi ci tt C' a