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TELESCOPE October 237 GREAT LAKES AND SEAWAY NEWS September l6...Halco's OIL TRANSPORT (a.TRANSOIL, b.0IL TRANS- PORTER) went aground in the Wiley-Bondero ship channel of the seaway opposite the Massena oil dock. ...Hanna Mining's monthly report on vessels in commission shows that Bethlehem has laid up LEBANON and LACKAWANNA in Erie. The CLIFFS VICTORY will remain in Toledo where she moored when the engineers strike started, and the ROBERT S. McNAMARA is undergoing annual maintenance in Detroit. The SULLIVAN BROTHERS has been activated for the Fall grain rush by Gartland Steamship Company. September l7...BEAVERCLIFFE HALL was launched at Lauzon by Davie Shipbuilding, Ltd. for Hall Corp. of Canada. The maximum size laker is expected to enter service in November. ...The PETER A.B. WIDENER reached Duluth after a 30-hour tow by the CGC WOODRUSH. ...A $2,371,902 contract has been awarded to McNamara Highway Construction, Ltd., to widen a mile and three quarters of the Welland Canal near Port Robinson where present width is only 192 feet at the bottom. September 18...Collingwood Shipyards, Ltd., launched the self- unloader ROY A. JODREY for Algoma Central Steamships, Ltd. ...Traffic in the Iroquois Look of the seaway was delayed over twelve hours when the ZAMBESI rammed one of the fenders. Just recently renamed, the Liberian freighter was the ORIENT MERCHANT (a.TERBORCH, b.EEMDYK) which was caught in the lakes last Fall, and grounded off Port Colborne on her first trip this Spring. Later seized by a court order, the vessel was returned to Toronto where she was sold for an unofficial $1M , ooo . September 19...The new 6750-ton BEAVEROAK, built for Canadian Pacific's Great Lakes service, arrived in Montreal on her maiden voyage. September 20...A fog that lasted for 32 hours and tied up 78 Great Lakes ships in the St. Mary's River lifted and allowed traffic to resume. ...For the second time this season the CGC SUNDEW had to assist SINCLAIR GREAT LAKES into Traverse City after a small fire destroyed the ship's engine room control panel. September 21...Kinsman Marine Transit Company announced the purchase of the NORMAN B. REAM from the Pittsburgh Fleet. The 601-foot ore carrier will enter drydock at Fraser Shipyards,