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2 +5 the LUDGER SIMARD grounded June 12 near Amherstburg at Buoy 24 in the Livingstone Channel but got off the same afternoon. J.F.SCHOELLKOPF JR. ran aground going into the Edison Dock near Belle Isle, Detroit River, in the early a.m. June 13, released after three hours by two Great Lakes tugs. Tug JAMES TURECAMO and oil barge PHOENIX, upbound in the Welland above Lock 0 e, struck Quetico, downbound, about 3:30 p.m. June 13. Reports indicate QUETICO has an Leshaped gash below port an- chor and port bow of barge push- ed back about two feet. No in- juries reported. New tour boat launched at Ganan- oque, Ont., for THOUSAND ISLANDS trade. Named THOUSAND ISLANDER II, she was launched May 25 by Edward Larski (Marlin Yachts) is all aluminum, about 100' and will accommodate 350 passengers. Sister ship to CSL's MCGIFFIN will be Collingwood's HULL 203. Hall's ROCKCLIFFE HALL will be ready after conversion to tanker in Auguste Collingwood Shipyard will build a $1.25 million fabricating shop which will include a metal burn- ing machine that will "read" the blueprints and cut pieces of steel. Dr. Rick Wright, of the Northwest Ohio-Great Lakes Re- search Center at Bowling Green, can recall the late Great Lakes historian, Capt. Frank E. il- ton, complaining that shipbuild- ing was becoming nothing more than the tailor's trade - cut and snip! LAURENTIAN FOREST, Port Weller, on Auge 26. ROGER BLOUGH cleared Lorain at 1:25 asm. June 15 and passed De- troit upbound in the rain at 8:40 a.m. the same day. ‘She was HULL 55 at will be christened hOG oD designed to be lenthened to 1,000 feet if all factors work oute Great Lakes Dredge and Dock an- nounced singing by a Great Lakes sponsored consortium of a $60 million contract with the Argen- tine Republic to dredge a chan- nel 31 miles long and 500 feet wide at the mouth of the Parana de las Palmas River, to be’ com=- pleted in three years. U.S. Coast Guard has purchased portable radar sets and has two men working 40 hours a week to check vessel speeds between Blue Water Bridge and Stag Island. A member of the Port Huron Sta- tion says he checks only freigh- ters, not cruisers or speedboats unless they are being operated in a negligent manner! Federal environmental officers will get a chance to check po- tential harmful effects on the ecology of Lake Superior when Reserve Mining's Silver Bay plant closes down for five weeks this summer. Since 1956 about 67,000 tons of sandy tailings left over from pellet making have been dumped into the lake. CANADIAN PROGRESS loaded 35,075 net tons of coal at Ashtabula on June 14 for Nanticoke, Ont., a new Lakes coal record. She drew 28' forward and 28'8" aft. Great Lakes Towing's tug JOSEPH C. was extensively rebuilt at Cleveland over the winter. She has operated mainly in the Chicago area and will return there. All GLT tugs will be re- registered out of Wilmington. GLT's LAURENCE TURNER took two barge loads of cranes from Mani- towod and Bay City to Quebec Ci- ty. Each barge load valued at $2 million. Tug MARYLAND went a- long through the Seaway locks to help with handling the barges. Hal Jackson