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Khe LOG Wilson Marine Transit Company has announced its award to Fraser-Nelson Shipbuilding of a contract to convert the 600' steamer HORACE S. WILKINSON to an unmanned barge for use in the lake ore trade. Following removal of all cab- ins and propulsion equipment, the vessel's stern will be squared off and fitted with a notch to accommodate a tug which Wilson will 1963 If successful, other Wilson steamers may follow. The next candidate for this rebuild would seem to be FRANK R. DENTON (a.THOMAS WALTERS) which,along with the WILKINSON, will be fitted with a bow thruster at Fraser-Nelson this winter. The barge to be towed in open water, pushed in re- stricted waters, is scheduled to begin service in May. With the inauguration of this new con- cept, the first step in solving the American lake ore transportation woe may have been tak- lease for the season. en. Collingwood Shipyards launched their HULL 178 on Jan. 8 To be christened YANKCANUCK ii next April 10, the motorship is building for Yankcanuck Steamships, Ltd. Keel was laid on Sept. 20. Scott Misener Steamship's newly-acquired GEORGE M. CARL ii (a.FRED G. HARTWELL, b.MAT- THEW ANDREWS ii) is undergoing $300,000 reno- vation at Port Colborne. The vessel may be converted to a self-unloader at a later date. Bathurst Marine Co., Ltd., Bathurst, N.B., has purchased the 245" canaller BIRCHTON for conversion of the hull to a 175' drydock. CSL's ESKIMO opened Montreal's 1963 season with her arrival from England at 1:35 p.m. New Year's Day. Chembarge Ltd.'s acid tanker NORMAN P. CLE- MENT has been renamed W. H. Reid. Canadian Vickers, Montreal, launched the stern section of their HULL 280,steamer QUEBE- COIS, Nov. 10, The forebody was waterborne there in late November, The 730-footer, which was returned to Montreal for final fitout this winter, will be operated by Papachristidis. The last unit of Pioneer Steamship Company fleet, the steamer FRANK BILLINGS (a,CHAMPLAIN i) was burned out at Fraser-Nelson in December preparatory to scrapping. Also scheduled for dismantling there is the tug BRITANNIA earlier reported to be scrapped at Duluth Iron & Metal Co. Fraser-Nelson has reduced the CARROLLTON (a.MARQUETTE & BESSEMER NO. 1) to a barge. The position of sinking of the W.WAYNE HAN- COCK on the Atlantic Dec. 8 has been reported as 30 miles southeast of the Azores. Ste. Marie, Mich., to removal of the under construction The City Council of Sault has announced its opposition name "Poe" from the new lock there. Charles V. Carlson, of Lombard, Ill., is considering beaching a decommissioned lake pas- senger or excursion vessel near Paradise, Mich. on Whitefish Bay as a hotel or motel portion of a marina, Imperial Oil has sold the (a.SARNOLITE, b. IMPERIAL SARNIA i) Welding Service, Sarnia, for dismantling. Gartland Steamship Co., has reportedly rur- salt water tug for undisclosed pur- IMPERIAL HAMILTON to Earl's chased a mere Misener's last surviving canaller, the ee (a.WESTCLIFFE HALL), will be cut up at Montreal. N.M.Paterson & Sons, Ltd., ELciuae 4 49" X 46" package freighters under construction at Davieship, Lauzon, for July delivery. Seaway tolls will be computed on a slightly different basis this season. That portion of an inbound vessel's cargo not to be discharged on the Seaway transit will be classified as ballast and exempt from cargo weight charges. American Ship Building Co., has a $1,000,000 contract to construct a 290! barge for Triangle Shipping Corp., Great Neck, Long Island, N.Y. To be used as an unmanned, self-discharging ce- ment barge, the craft will have a beam of 55 feet, depth of 26 feet and cargo capacity of 5,500 tons. American Ship's Toledo yard will build it, the first construction there in 18 months. Mohawk Navigation's 730! ISLE will be towed across the Atlantic this completion at Verolme ship- because she isn't certi- have two motorship SILVER spring following yard, Cobh, Ireland, fied for deep sea operation. The 124! steel fishing trawler MASSACHUSETTS underwent trials on Lake Michigan Nov. 19 after completion at Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding & Dry- dock Co, She was delivered at Boston Nov. 30 for the Boston Fishing Boat Company, Inc. A sistership, STURGEON BAY, is completing at the same yard for Charlevoix Transit Company and will enter similar service out of Boston this spring. Bill Luke George Ayoub, Ottawa; Arnold Dempster, Collingwood; James Dziak, Lakeside, 0.; Paul Sherlock, St. Cathar- ines, and John Vournakis, Sault Ste.Marie, Mich. CONTRIBUTORS: N