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ws > FHE DLOG cw Octe 7 saw the launching at the Lorain yard of American ship of the PAUL THAYER, Kinsman's self- unloading, 19,500-ton ore car- rier. She will haul taconite for Jones & Laughlin. The THAYER is 630' x 68' x 25'7" and powered by twin 2800-bhp diesels. She unloads at the rate of 5,000 tons per houre To update your copy of "Namesakes of the Lakes" she was named in honor of the chairman of LIV Corp., parent of J&L. The Corps of Engineers says that the "All American Canal" between Lakes Erie and Ontario is "hy- draulically, geologically, engi- neering and ecologically feasi- ble, but not economically just- ified, based solely on transpor- So that one is well- tation savings." shot down. Pray for the being of the Welland! The tug that will power that big Litton barge is reportedly enroute from the Halter Marine Services yard in New Orleans to the Erie Marine Shipyard where the barge is being finished. The 975-foot barge has a deep notch in the stern for the nose of the 152-foot tug, powered by a pair of 7,500-hp diesels for a ser- vice speed of 16 mph. The 250! boom on the barge will unload at the rate of 10,000 tons an hour. The combination is to be chris- tened PRESQUE ISLE. Bay Shipbuilding at Sturgeon Bay is preparing to get into the big puilding in a big way. With the CHARLES E. WILSON completed and contracts for two more big self- unloaders, the company is asking for a street relocation so they can extend the building berth to accommodate 1,000-footers. A Canadian embargo on oil export has taken the heat off a suit against the Marine City ban on through truck traffic. The suit was brought by Blue Water Ferry, Ltd., Enterprise Gas & Oil Co., and Chrysler Corp. The city is protesting tank trucks hauling gasoline to fuel Chrysler cars and trucks at the end of assemb- ly lines. The trucks are brought across to Marine City by the DALDEAN, which is now busy haul- ing heavy trucks to Marine City, but loaded with fertilizer and chemicals! Eleven shipping companies plan to operate beyond the middle of December with at least 32 boatse U.S.Steel is the most ambitious, hoping to push nine vessels into February. This extreme winter navigation will exclude Lake Ontario because the Welland will close Dec. 31.