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vy In early February the severe weather had cut the operat- ing Lake fleet to 13 vessels; 10 boats in the U.S. Steel group and the tankers IMPERIAL ST. CLAIR (Imperial 0i1) and DOAN TRANSPORT and HUDSON TRANSPORT (Halco) in trade northbound out of Sarnia, *** Interlake's steamer CHARLES M. BEEGHLY was refloated, lightered near Detour and emptied of her ore cargo at South Chicago prior to William J. Luke, Editor her scheduled arrival at Fraser Shipyards, Superior, Wis- consin on February 13th where repairs will be undertaken. Interlake's steamer ELTON HOYT 2ND will enter American Ship's Toledo yard for conver- sion to self-unloader in September. *** Kinsman's fire-ravaged steamer HARRY L ALLEN has been sold to Hyman-Michaels, Duluth scrap dealers, for dismantling each (See photo below) *** Medusa Corporation stockholder meetatarse has terminated plans for the firm's acquisition by Oglebay Norton Company. *** The ore-loading facility at Picton, Ontario will be permanently closed on March 31st, according to a reliable source. *** Operators of the former CSL package freighter FORT CHAMBLY, under charter for salt water service for some time, were served an arrest warrant at Montreal in early February. The warrant alledged that a $450 thousand cargo of wire rod loaded in Spain for Nigerian delivery was not unloaded during the vessel's dock- ing there. The West German plantiffs are seeking $500 thousand in damages. *** Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay are constructing two 300-foot vessels for American Heavy Lift Shipping Company, a joint venture of Gulf Oil and Hansa Lines of Bremen. Keel for the first unit, the JOHN HENRY, was laid November 29th with completion due this summer. The second vessel, to be christened PAUL BUNYAN, is slated for delivery late this year. *** Livingston Shipbuilding of Orange, Texas are building the latest addition to Cleveland Tankers' fleet. To be named GEMINI, reports indicate she is designed to more conventional Lake lines than the firm's SATURN and JUPITER, completed for Cleveland Tankers at S.B.A. Shipyards, Jennings, Louisiana in 1974 and 1976 respectively. *** The keel for Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd's 730-footer building (Concluded on page 6) HARRY L. ALLEN after fire Ken Thro Photo Steel bulk freighter (US. 207277) built in 1910 as a) JOHN B. COWLE by American S. cr Co., Lorain (Hull #379): 531.2 x 58.2 x 27.0; 6,945 gross tons. Renamed b) HARR' L. ALLEN in 1969.