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The L.OoOG Plans for a 900-foot lake supercarrier have reportedly been held up as a result of disa- greement between shipping interests and the Corps of Engineers. Corps officials envision limiting overall length te 840 feet with beam of 90 feet fer vessels transiting the enlarged Pee Lock. Standard Oil of Indiana has renamed its lake tankers as follows: RED CROWN to WILLIAM P. COWAN to EDWARD G. SEUBERT to ROBERT W. STEWART to AMOCO INDIANA AMOCO ILLINOIS AMOCO WISCONSIN AMOCO MICHIGAN Cleveland Cliffs' GRAND ISLAND (a.EUGENE ZIMMERMAN) and MARQUETTE (a.E.L.WALLACE) have been sold to Acme Scrap Metal Co., Ashtabula. The newly-christened 291-foot newsprint carrier LAWRENDOC ii has been put in operat- ion by N.M.Paterseon & Sons, Ltd. The vessel passed upbound at the Soo on her maiden voy- age on April 20. Collingwood Shipyards launched the new passenger-cargo motor vessel TAVERNER on May 7, second built at Collingwood for the De- partment ef Transport's Newfoundland coastal service. Similar to the HOPEDALE, she meas- ures 188 (0A) X 38 and is powered by two op- posed-piston diesels driving twin screws for a service speed of 13 knots, Accommodations are provided for 30 berthed passengers and 20 seated passengers with a crew of 27. The new vessel is expected te go inte operation by mid-summer. Eastern Lake Carriers’ new 730-foot MONT- REALAIS (a.MONTREALER) passed Detroit upbound on April 30 on her initial trip. Fraser-Nelson Shipbuilding has a 6-foot passenger and aute ferry under construction for Nicheve Ferry Line. Scheduled fer comp- letion in June, the craft will be placed in the Apostle Island service out of Bayfield, Wis. Wilson Marine Transit's British flag pulker WESTRIVER (a.KONGSTEN, b.ATHELCHIEF, c.WEST RIVER) has been abandoned at Rotter- dam. High operating costs and continued malfunctions were cited. Pittsburgh Steamship Division may vessels in Seaway service this season, Sinclair Refining's tanker DANIEL PIERCE (a.E.W.SINCLAIR, b.DANIEL PIERCE, c.SHIKEL- LAMY) will be scrapped later this year, Her replacement, a 330-footer, is under construc- tion at Decatur, Ala. (See April 'é LOG). Several Oil Transfer Corp. tugs have been sold to Moran Towing and renamed as follews: place HUSTLER ii te MARGOT MORAN OILTRANSCO to DORIS MORAN OTCO to EUGENIA MORAN K.WHITTELSEY to GRACE MORAN N.M.Paterson & Sons, Ltd., have placed an order with Davieship, Lauzon, for a 730-foot- er, the carrier to be ready next spring. Arnold Transit's ALGOMAH II (a,BAINBRIDGE) has been purchased by Wasac Waterways, Inc., Cleveland, for private charter operations out ef ports between Erie, Pa., and Detroit. The steamer will be modernized by G. & W. Welding Co., Cleveland, in a $100,000 project. The former Mackinac Island ferry was towed down past Detroit by the tug LAURENCE C. TURNER on May 13. Fellew member William Hoey is Detroit agent. The schooner barge ARMENIA, which foundered off Point Pelee on May 9, 1906, will be raised this summer. The wreck is considered a menace to navigation. La Verendrye Line, Ltd., (Keystone) has been purchased by Hall Corp. The remaining five canallers in this fleet have been sold for dismantling. They are KEYBAR, KEYPORT, KEYSHEY (a.CLEARWATER, b.TRENORA), KEYSTATE and KEYVIVE. CSL's package freighter BATTLEFORD (a.GLEN- ROSS) has been chartered to Newfoundland For- warders, Ltd., and has entered service between Montreal and St.Johns, Nfld. Bill Luke CONTRIBUTORS: Al Bradley, Detroit; Arnold Dempster, Collingwood; John 0. Greenwood, Cleveland; Jim Kidd, John Vournakis, Sault Ste. Marie. Toronto, and LATE FLASH -- Oglebay Norton and Pioneer announce purchase by Oglebay from oneer for e given a 26,200,000 of PIONEER CHALLENGER and CLAREN subject to approval of Pioneer shareholders. lan they providing for liquidation of th company within a 12-month period.