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3. Ma r i n e News - cont'd. ber 28th, the U . S . C . G. B I S C A Y N E BAY arri v e d from St. Ignace, but she was un a b l e to get a line ab o a r d the barge. Lat er that morning, the tugs K R Y S T A L K. and C H A MPION a r r i v e d on the scene, the former taking the barge in tow, and C H A MPION p u t t i n g a line aboard the s t i l l - d i s a b l e d B A R B A R A ANDRIE. The rescue tugs took their ch arges safely to Port Inland, w here the Andrie tug r e c e i v e d m e c h a n i c a l rep ai rs bef or e c o n t i n u i n g her trip w i t h the barge. We earlier r e p o r t e d the u n f o r t u n a t e Oc tober 1st accid en t nea r South Bass I s land, on Lake Erie, in w h i c h the barge K E L L S T O N E 1, push ed by the tug F RANK PA LLADI NO JR., struck a small pl easure boat, d r o wning two te enaged boys. On De c e m b e r 1 6 th, an Ot t a w a County (Ohio) grand jury i n d i c t e d the tug's captain, Chad Verret, 30, of Ke lleys Island, on two count s of a g g r a v a t e d veh i c u l a r homicide, for w h i c h he could receive up to ten yea rs in prison if convicted. Shor t l y bef or e the in di ctment of the captain, the ba rge's looko ut su r r e n d e r e d his lice ns e to the Coast G u a r d as a result of te sting posit i v e for ma r i j u a n a use in an e x a m i n a t i o n aft er the accident. Ci vil l i t i g a t i o n is also pending as a co n s e q u e n c e of the accident. The Shipbreakers of Ma r i n e R e c y c l i n g & Salv ag e have been w o r k i n g ver y q u i c k ly of late. The last re mains of C E D A R G L E N were pulled fro m the wat er recently, the fo rmer P & H steam er h a v i n g been cut up v ery r a p i d l y after the breakers d i s p a t c h e d H E N R Y S T E I N B R E N N E R w i t h similar alacrity. The cutt i n g torches now are w o r k i n g on the self- u n l o a d e r SAMUEL MATHER, the forme r H E N R Y FOR D II, w h i c h was towed to Port M a i t l a n d from Toledo late in 1994. Still at the scrapyard but u n t o u c h e d by the to rches is the P & H steam er BEECHGLEN. The N o v e m b e r / D e c e m b e r issue of "Work bo at Ma ga zine" ca rried an i n t e r e s t i n g art icle dealing w i t h the Port of M o n t r e a l ' s new fireb oa t fa ci lities. To r e place tugs w h i c h had f i r e f i g h t i n g ca pa bi lities, the Port has a c q u i r e d a 38year-old, 135-foot b arge n o w named R. W. I. Fit te d wi th a bo w ramp and dec k gear, fire trucks simply are ro l l e d a b o a r d the barge whe n n e e d e d and t r a n s po r t e d to where f i r e - f i g h t i n g is needed. On its trials, the barge was h a n d led by the St. L a w r e n c e Tug Boats Inc. tug W. N. TWOLAN. It r e c e n t l y was r e p o r t e d that Can ad a S t e a m s h i p Lines and T r i l l i u m B u lkships Ltd., of Montreal, had a c q u i r e d a P a n a m a n i a n - r e g i s t e r e d hopper barge n amed PACNAV PRINCES S fro m Pac n a v S. A., of Panama. The barge, 4 7 4 . 4 x 75. 0 x 35 . 0, 8224 Gross and 7934 Net, was bu ilt in 1966 at Sparr ow s Point, Maryland, by the B e thlehem Ste el C o r p o ration, S h i p b u i l d i n g Division, and u nder the name CA R I B B E A N was o w n e d by C a r i b b e a n Barge Corp. and was o p e r a t e d by M o r a n To w i n g C o r p o r a t i o n in the coal trade fro m Balt im or e to Sears po rt , Maine. The last ship to clear the St. Lawr en ce S e a w a y before it closed for the 1994 season was the sal t w a t e r v e s s e l NORDIC BLOSSOM, w h i c h was d o w n b o u n d fro m V a l l e y f i e l d on D e c e m b e r 29th. The last salty to make a compl e t e d o w n b o u n d pa ssage of the St. L a w r e n c e ca nals was MALIN SK A, on D e c e m b e r 28th. The last laker to pass through the canal s was AL GO ISLE, d o wnbound for Montreal, w h i c h cleared the sy s t e m on the m o r n i n g of D e c e m b e r 29tn. In the Ja nuary issue, we m e n t i o n e d the c h a r t e r i n g of the Lake Onta ri o e x c u r sion vessels G A R D E N CIT Y and M A C A S S A BAY for use in c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the m o v emen t of work e r s and v i s i t o r s to the grav i t y base stru ct ur e of the H i b e r nia oil d r i lling project. Th ey will opera te between Bull Arm, Ne wf ou ndland, and the platform, w h i c h is bei ng com p l e t e d at ancho ra ge in M o s q u i t o Cove on T r i n i t y Bay. We i n d i c a t e d that al though G A R D E N CITY had only gone e a s t w a r d in the autumn, M A C A S S A BAY had spent the summer o p e r a t i n g a ferry service between Cheticamp, M . S., and Les Il es de la Ma deleine. A l t h o u g h it is true that M A C A S S A BAY pass ed down the Seaway on June 28th b ound for Cheticamp, she did not rem ain on the coast all year. In fact;, she was u p b o u n d in the Se a w a y on S e p tember 14th, bound for Ham il to n, and pas se d down the canals agai n on October 4th, bound for Bull A r m and her new duties. The H i b e r n i a GBS will not be c o m p l e t e d unt il 1997. * * * * *