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Page 101 GREAT LAKES & SEAWAY NEWS • ... Canada Steamship Lines RT. HON. PAUL J. MARTIN was christened at Port Weller Dry Docks. Mary Ann Bellamy, the daughter of Paul Martin, had the honor of christening her. Her scheduled departure date has been set for April 15 after some finishing touches are completed. Just prior to the christening ceremony the keel for Hull #79 was laid. This will be the new forebody for Canada Steamship Lines LOUIS R. DESMARAIS. ... American Steamship's JOHN J. BOLANDJEx -CHARLES E. WILSON) grounded in Duluth/Superior harbor near the Murphy Oil Dock. After dumping some ballast, she was able to free herself with no apparent damage. Mar 30 ...Canada Steamship Lines announced that a contract worth $20 million has been awarded to Port Weller Dry Docks to widen the TADOUSSAC over next winter. ... American Steamship's newly renamed JOHN J. BOLAND (Ex - CHARLES E. WILSON) made her first trip through the Soo Locks. She loaded a cargo of taconite in Marquette the day before. Mar 31 ... At midnight employees at the Sifto Salt Co. in Goderich went on strike. All future vessel loadings have been cancelled, this after loading several Algoma ships this past week. ... The Marinette built United States Coast Guard Keeper Class Buoy Tender HARRY CLAIBORNE (WLM - 561) was commissioned in a ceremony at Galveston, TX. She is named for a Bolivar Point Lighthouse Keeper. In 1900, during a storm that claimed 6,000 lives, he saved 125 people by letting them stay inside the lighthouse. The keel for Hull #79 at Pt. Weller Dry Docks - April 1, 2000 Photo by Jim Morris