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V2 GRE EOG oJ Vice Admiral Paul &. Trimble, president of the Lake Carriers Association, has recommended the building of five general duty icebreaking tugs, stressed and powered for the purpose, instead of a single larger icebreaker costing about the same as the fleet of smaller vessels. Among the advantages, he pointed out, would be that the five could be spread out over the lakes which require icebreaker assistance. He said they could be standard seagoing designed, 160 to 180 f seagoing design, 160 to 180 feet long with 7,500 to 10,000 hp and a crew of about 20. He said that the MACKINAW, equipped for much heavier duty, still has many years of useful life ahead. Al Ballert reports in the Great Lakes News, publication a a Great Lakes Commission, tha Canadian tanker HUDSON TRANSPORT was the last vessel downbound at the St. Lambert Lock while the last salty was the Liberian flag TRIAS three hours earlier at 10 pem. Dec. 22. Last up through the old Welland was TADOUSSAC while PIC RIVER was last down. Last salty through the Welland was the Cypriot ELTHINA Dec. 15. Last salty out of Duluth was the HELENE and last out of Milwaukee the following day, Dec. 11, was NORD; - Last down at the Soo was A.H.FERBERT. First salty to visit Huron, 0., since the Seaway opened, says Ballert, was the French PENCHa- TEAU which called in late August and three more subsequent load- ings totaled some 20 million pounds of sugar beet pellets, a feed supplement. First salty to call at Marquette was the Greek flag ALIKI I.P. on Nov. 6. The Russian NEMIROVICH DANCHENKO was the first Russian to load at a U. S. lake port when it took on hides at Milwaukee on Nov. 24. Then GODERICH... cNow storage grain fleet has long provided for many of the grand old ladies of the Lakes. some of their younger sisters (April, 1962) the Picturesque Goderich harbor's a “retirement home" Each year Eleven years ago § Port LAKE oro Albert! and join them for the winter. HISTORIAN took a look at that year's winter fleet and found that they averaged 61% years in age. Just for fun, let's look at that fleet again, see how many of those veterans are left and dents of Goderich harbor. compare that fleet with this winter's resi- Here's who was there during the 1961-62 winter and their ages: Permanent residents BARGE 137 John FRITZ (66 ALEXANDER HOLLEY (66) BRYN BARGE (62 ALTADOC ( COLLINGDOC (66) (66) JOHN A. al (64) KENORDOC (66) 66 OWENDOC (66)