The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

A € Canadian Pacific slips in Windsor utilizing the N & W tugs R. G. CASSIDY and F. A. JOHNSON and barges WINDSOR, MANITOWOC, and ROANOKE, with the 1904-built barge DETROIT idle in Detroit. MANITOWOC was towed to Merce Shipyard in Toledo by Gaelic’s tug SHANNON on July 2 for drydocking. After sandblasting, inspection, painting, and installation of a new furnace, MANITOWOC was returned to Detroit on August 31, again towed by Gaelic's SHANNON. *** Passing Detroit upbound on October 8 was Mammoet's heavy lift ship STARMAN ASIA bound for Duluth carrying a pair of 767-ton heavy oil reactors. The reactors were unloaded in Duluth and will be transported to Lyoydminister, Saskatchewan to be used in the Husky Oil Bi-Provincial Upgrader Project where heavy oil is converted to synthetic crude for use in transportation fuels and petrochemical feedstocks. *** On October 22, Toronto Harbor Commissions heavy lift crane “Atlas” removed the self unloading boom from Canada Steamship Line's HOCHELAGA. Reports indicate the boom will be utilized when CSL’s WINNIPEG is converted to a self-unloader at Port Weller during the upcoming winter. *** At 3:15 PM on October 24, the Upper Peninsula Shipbuilding Co. (UPSCo) 430-foot barge that sat idle on the east pier of the Ontonagon River for nearly 10 years, was finally launched. Marine Specialty of Friendswood, Texas, which bought the barge and it’s companion tug last year, launched the 3,000 ton barge into the Ontonagon River without a hitch. The barge was originally laid down 10 years ago by the now defunct UPSCo under contract by the State of Michigan. The barge remained unfinished after UPSCo declared bankruptcy and Wedtech Corporation took over the shipyard. After Wedtech declared bankruptcy in 1986, the barge and tug remained idle until they were bought by K. Bell of California and Eugene Fisher of Florida. Marine Specialty bought the tug and barge from the federal government after Bell and Fisher were convicted on drug charges. Southgulf Chemical Barge Company's tug TORRENT was upbound past Detroit on November 19 on her way to pick up the barge and deliver her to Texas, where she will be join the Ontonagon-built tug which was towed to Texas in 1989. *** Arriving at Fraser Shipyard on October 24 was Columbia's MIDDLETOWN for repairs to a broken tail shaft and installation of a new wheel. *** Purvis Marine's recently acquired tug GUY M. NO. 1 has been renamed W. |. SCOTT PURVIS, and she departed Soo, Ontario on November 2 towing Purvis’ barge PML SALVAGER bound for Thunder Bay, where PML SALVAGER will be drydocked. *** While departing the Poe Lock , American Steamship's * 000 foot WALTER d. MCCARTHY, JR. reported a fire in her bow thruster room. Although there was much smoke, damage was reportedly minor, and she Continued her downbound voyage 2 hours later. *** Downbound past Detroit on November 4 was MCM-8 SCOUT, the latest of the mine countermeasure vessels built on the Lakes and delivered to the U. S. Navy. *** Downbound past Detroit on November 5 was Upper Lakes Towing's tug/barge combination of JOSEPH H. THOMPSON, JR. and JOSEPH H. THOMPSON. A self-unloading boom has been mounted on the stern of the barge. The THOMPSON was originally intended to be operated from the pilothouse of the barge, but due to Coast Guard regulations, her pilothouse has been removed and she will be Chet from the pilothouse of the tug. *** Detrait News of November 6 reports that pe P. McGoff, owner of the Star Line Corp., is offering his entire cruise ship business for sale, including his dining cruise ships based in Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Louisville, and Sanford, Florida. *** Canada Steamship Line’s TARANTAU departed Windsor's Ojibway slip during the evening of November 10 and proceeded downbound to the Ojibway salt dock to load salt. TARANTAU has been idle since August 11. *** The self-unloading ey CAPT. EDWARD ¥. SMITH, a). ADAM E. CORNELIUS (3), is now being managed Me Secunda Marine of Halifax, Nova Scotia and is being towed by Secunda’s recently acquired 1401-ton, 15,000 HP tug RYAN LEET. 44-4-5