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x Another 1,000-footer will be constructed under the terms of a letter of intent recently entered into between the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company and Detroit Edison. The new $40 million Cliff's carrier will haul Western coal to Edison's St. Clair and Monroe ® plants. No shipyard has yet been selected for con- William J. Luke, Editor struction of the big carrier. ** U.S. Steel Corpora- tion's Great Lakes Fleet of operating straight-deck bulk carriers consists of twenty vessels this season, a far cry from the 60-plus units operating under the Tin-Stacker colors of the 1950's and the 100-plus boats in Pittsburgh Steamship Company livery in much earlier years. Big Steel will take delivery of two 1,000-foot bulkers in the 1979 season, each of which has the capacity to eliminate seven older boats. The first of these, under construction at Bay Ship- building, Sturgeon Bay, will be christened EDWIN H. GOTT, honoring U.S. Steel's former Board Chairman. The Tin-Stacker LEON FRASER lost her rudder while upbound in ballast under the Blue Water Bridge at Port Huron on June 6th. Towed to American Shipbuilding's Lorain yard by the 'G' tugs OHIO and OREGON, she was soon back in service, passing upbound at Detour on June 4th. ** Bethlehem's 1,000-foot LEWIS WILSON FOY was upbound at the Soo on June 9th on her initial lake Superior trip. She had earlier carried her first ore cargo from Escanaba to Burns Harbor. ** The British-flag salty PHOTINIA, blown ashore off Milwaukee on May 13th, has been sold to Selvick Marine Towing Corporation of Sturgeon Bay and Midwest Marine Contractors of Mount Prospect, Illinois. Plans are to refloat the 480-footer for drydocking at Sturgeon Bay. ** The two former "G" tugs acquired by the Great Lakes Pilot Associa— tion for service at the Soo have been renamed STE. MARIE I and STE, MARIE II. ** Marine Salvage, Ltd., of Port Colborne will dismantle the former Kinsman steamer GEORGE M. STEINBRENNER at the Ramey's Bend scrapyard. Also slated for the cutters' torches there is the former Roech self-unloader AVONDALE, which has been moored in the old canal section below the scrapyard. Marine Salvage's "scrapper" PETER ROBERTSON, to be used by the Canadian government in the experimental shunter program in the Welland Canal, was drydocked at Port Weller in late Spring for inspection. She has been moved back up the canal to Thorold, and will be renamed MARINSAL. ** Quebec & Ontario Transportation's steamer SHELTER BAY has been returned to service. She was not fitted out at the outset of the current navigation season. The five boats of the Hindman fleet are now sailing under the Q & O stack marking, reflecting that recent sale. None of the vessels have been renamed. ** Collingwood Shipyards launched the 730-foot ALGOBAY for Algoma Central Marine on June 19th. With a beam of 75' 103", she is the widest vessel ever built at the Georgian Bay yard. ** Strikes in Labrador and Quebec ore mines this Spring have disrupted normal ore cargo movements out of the St. Lawrence gulf ports of Port Cartier and Sept Iles. On June 13th a settlement was reached between the miners and Quebec Cartier Mining Company, assuring the reopening of the ore loading facility at Port Cartier. ** The U.S. flag salty YELLOWSTONE was downbound at Port Huron on May 26th with grain from Duluth. On June 13th, she collided with the Algerian-flag IBN BATOUTA in the Straights of Gibralter and sank. Two crewmen off the YELLOWSTONE were killed, two others injured and three were reported missing following the mishap. ** The tug JOHN PURVES and barge MAITLAND NO. 1 have been sold by Eder Barge and Towing to Bultema Dock and Dredge Company. ** Canada Steamship Lines has resumed operation of their package freighter FORT CHAMBLY. She was re-registered at Montreal on April 7th after operating in charter salt-water service under Bermuda registry for some time as CHAMBLY ERA. ** The LAWRENCECLIFFE HALL cleared the Port Arthur dry- dock on June 10th after receiving lengthly repairs resulting from her grounding in the St. Lawrence in April. ** Continued on Page 6.