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1,000-footers, Stewart J. Cort and Burns Harbor, was unknown. The new U.S. Coast Guard cut- F: ter Alder took up AE PAL Ninn osc. mer, relieving the cutter Sundew, which remains at the Twin Ports as a museum. Mean- while, the new U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw, set to replace the aging vessel of the same name in 2006, was launched at Marinette Marine in April 2005 ... Marinette Marine also delivered Guy V. Molinari and John J. Marchi, two of three new double-ender ferries for New York's Staten Island Ferry Service, in 2004. The final ferry, Spirit of America, will be completed this year. Two high-speed, catamaran-style car and passenger ferry services were launched on the Great Lakes in 2004. On Lake Ontario, the Spirit of Ontario 1 suspended opera- tions after just a few months due to skyrocketing debt and was sold at auction in February. The story was different on Lake Michigan, where the Lake Express ran a successful first season between Muskegon, Mich., and Milwaukee. The Lake Michigan fast-ferry Lake Express. (Brian Bluekamp) Canada Steamship Lines’ self-unloader Jean Parisien got a new lease on life over the winter in a $30 million (Canadian) project that saw her forebody (cargo holds and bow) replaced. The new forebody is expected to extend the life of the “Mean Jean" by 25 years. The vessel will probably be renamed when she resumes trading sometime in mid-2005. Algoma Tankers Ltd. added the new, China-built Algoscotia to the fleet last Au- ownership this year, as does the 1998- built Danish tanker Aggersborg. Gemini sails this season as Algosar while Aggers- 7 borg is expected be Mackinaw (left) and Gemini west of 14-Mile Shoal light off renamed Algosea. Cheboygan, Mich., in February 2004. (Brian Jaeschke) = oe on KYS ‘05 13