Design, drawing and follow-up of the manufacturing and of the installation work in the field for the major modification to the existing ship loader that was built by Dominion Bridge in the 1950's.

The ship loader has a throughput of 9000 metric tons per hour on iron ore pellet and has a belt width of 7' wide with a belt speed of 1100 ft/minute.

The work involved on the modification of the ship loader was done in two distinct phases without interrupting activities of the Quebec Cartier Mining operations.

Phase 1 consisted of changing the ship loader that was damaged and offers the following characteristics:

• increase water draught to be able to load bigger ships;
• eliminate one transfer point between the shuttle and the boom;
• add a sturdier new boom;
• add a deflector chute at the end of the boom to be able to load the ship in a better way; and
• widen the belt from 6' to 7'.

Phase 2 consisted of changing the shuttle of the ship loader and to bring the following modifications:

• change the shuttle itself;
• change the design of the shuttle in order to accomodate for a new continuous belt without any transfer point;
• change the drive from a 500 HP to a 600 HP;
• change the programmable computer; and
• provide electrical and control work.