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ne the Loc a of ships to the sc- ro continues this on with the report that the PETER ROBERTSON a)HARRY COULBY (1), bd) FINLAND, has been sold from the Kinsman Transit Co. to Marine Salvage of Port Colborne. Whether she will go overseas to be cut up is not known at this time. The parade — : Also from the Kinsman Transit Co. the SILVER BAY, a) WILLIAM A. AMBERG, »b) ALBERT E. HEEKIN has been sold Canadian to Robert Pe She has the past few Shipping this lain at Toledo years and has not sailed. It really looks like the Kinsman fleet will be phased out as ru- mors have had it the past year. The other members of the fleet will go sometime in April. The tug LEE RUBEN has been towed to Peterson Builders' yard at Sturgeon Bay on Jan. 22 and will be renamed MARY E, HANNAH by In- land Waterways. They now also have the tug TABOGA which was formerly owned in Port Huron. She is still pushing an oil bar- ge down the St. Clair River and is painted up (somewhat) in Han- nah colors. Her stack is all black with a big red foe in the centers The Bob-Lo steamer STE. CLAIRE has passed her 5-year inspection and is back in her winter lay-up at the foot of Woodward Ave. in Detroit. The location of the dock still has not been settled. Atwater Street now runs right through the passenger loadi area on the river, separating it from the old waiting area build- ing so well known to Bob-Lo pat- rons for the past 70 years. Where the ships will load and unload is still up in the air. The riverfront development sect- ion is now a total construction area. Rumors of the dock being seasone moved to just just wait and see ing scheduled for the part of May. There is no ice in the St. Clair River and much of Lake St. Clair is also ice-free. The long- sought-for year-around shipping season is now seemingly a fact. At this writing the new Paterson ship, building at Collingwood, has not been named. Our many friends from Ontario insist (hopefully) that she will be named ONTADOC. After all, Pater- son does have it headquarters in Thunder Bay which is in the Province of Quebec. What better name could she have? The SCOTIACLIFFE HALL has been sold to Nassau interests and Hall's RIVER TRANSPORT a) QUINNE- BAUG, b) TRANSPAN has also been sent south to the friendly wat- ers of the Bahamas. The CASON J. CALLAWAY success- fully cleared the Soo's McArthur various places have confused the issue. It's for the open- latter Lock Saturday, March 1, so the feasibility of the "jumboized" lakers sailing the year around is very possible this year. Nine U.S. Steel ships are still sail- ing and it looks like they will not stop since Mother Nature has been very kind as far as ice is concerned, The LEON FRASER will go into Fraser Ship this month for sight and survey. Her place will not immediately be taken but U. S. Steel plans to sail only 27 boats this coming season. The future of the HENRY PHIPPS is still in doubt but the HENRY H. ROGERS is apparently through. The shipping news in early March is rather slim but the rumors are flying as always. May I ask your help to keep this LOG up to date? Please send me any news you have. My address is: 3030 Donald, Harsens Island, Mich. 48028. Thanks agqin...Fr. Pete.