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GREAT LAKES & SEAWAY NEWS Editor: Donald Richards 21101 Violet St. Clair Shores, MI. 48082 Seaway News Editor: Skip Gillham Those who have contributed to the News Section in this issue are: B. ANDERSEN B. BRUCE W. HOWELL R. JOHNSON A. SYKES R. BARDEN CORPS OF ENG. C. HUDSON D. MCCORMICK J. WALTER R. BEAUCHAMP P HAUGHTON W. KELLER T. SECHEN S. WELCH May 1. . . Nor star (ex-Kingdoc), cleared Sorel for Genoa, Italy. Her new owner is Polaris Navigation Ltd., which is a subsidiary of N.M. Paterson & Sons. When she cleared Sorel, she carried the funnel markings of N.M. Paterson & Sons and was flying the Paterson houseflag. May 2. . . H.M.C.S. Assinboine cleared Lauzon for Halifax, Nova Scotia after completing a refit. She had been at Lauzon for several months. . . . Grain shipments from the Twin Ports of Duluth-Superior were off to a good start. Fifteen ocean vessels were loaded in April as well as six lakers. Shipments through Superior totaled 21.15 million bushels of grain in April. Duluth shipment figures were not available. . . . Lakeshore Inc. has expressed interest in purchasing the Wedtech of Michigan shipyard at Ontonagon. The firm's parent company, Wedtech of New York, filed for bankruptcy in November of 1986. Lakeshore operates plants in Iron Mountain, Iron River, Marquette and subcontracts some of their work to Wedtech of Michigan. . . . The Cyprus-flag Miter a Vassiliki arrived in Thunder Bay and was still there in early June. It's not known why she was laying over for such a long period. May 3. . . Interlake's John Sherwin was moved from her berth at Cargill D Elevator in Duluth to the Fraser Shipyard. It's rumored that she may return to service after being laid-up for several years. . . . Erie Sand's Consumer Power arrived at Port Colborne under tow of tug W.N. Twolan. . . . The tour boat Spirit of Chicago entered the Seaway, bound for Chicago and arrived three days later. May 4. . . The Benson Ford opened the port of Ashland when she unloaded 13,900 tons of stone to be used in rebuilding a road on Madeline Island. She cleared the next day for Duluth. . . . The YP 696 cleared the St. Lambert Lock on her delivery trip to the east coast. She was the first naval vessel to transit the Seaway this year and was followed by her sistership YP 697 on May 21st.