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Page 17 GREAT LAKES & SEAWAY NEWS • Sep 26 ... The Staten Island Ferry GUY V. MOLINARI arrived in New York City in the afternoon and proceeded to the maintenance pier, she is scheduled to enter service in January after some final outfitting is done and her crew becomes familiar with her. Sep 27 ... The tugs PROGRESS, GLENEVIS and VIGILANT I moved the JEAN PARISEAN from the fitout wall and placed her in the drydock at Port Weller Dry Docks. They will cut off her forebody and build a brand new one. The old one is expected to be towed out of the drydock at the end of October. The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority announced that Royal Wagenborg has been chosen to run the proposed ferry service across Lake Erie between Cleveland and Port Stanley. A spokesman from Wagenborg stated the goal is to have the ferry in operation by the spring of2006. They propose having two ferries, one based in Cleveland and the other in Canada, they will initially lease the ferries before building their own. Wagenborg already operates five ferries in the Netherlands, they also operate a fleet of saltwater ships into the Great Lakes delivering cargo to the United States and Canada. The port doesn't plan to subsidize the ferry service, beyond lobbying for federal money to build a terminal on Dock 28. Sep 29 ... Federal Judge Michael Telesca ordered Federal Marshals to impound the ferry SPIRIT OF ONTARIO after a fuel supplier Amerada Hess Corp. sued Canadian American Transportation Systems for $372,868 in unpaid fuel bills. The suit asks that the SPIRIT OF ONTARIO, her rigging, tackle, apparel, furniture, engines, etc. may be condemned and sold to pay such judgment. This is the second suit filed against the ferry. Last week Corporate 800, a Tampa based telecommunications company filed suit in State Supreme Court alleging that ferry company has paid only $38,043 of a $55,022 bill. ... The small excursion vessel HARBOUR PRINCESS passed down the Welland Canal bound for drydocking at the Heddle Marine Yard in Hamilton. She has been acquired by The Hamilton Waterfront Trust who plan to use her as a tour boat on Hamilton Bay starting in the spring of 2005. MISSISSAGI unloading at Zug Island - August 5, 2001 Photo by Jim Morris