Contracts were announced on September 30 for six new Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers. Two of the ships will be built by Marine Industries Ltd. at Sorel, while one will come from Collingwood Shipyards Ltd.

The Upper Lakes Shipping self-unloader ONTARIO POWER is said to have been renamed (b) THORNHILL (II).

WILLIAM A. IRVIN has been leased to the city of Duluth for a museum, but Western Metals Corp. apparently has an option on B. F. AFFLECK, JOSHUA A. HATFIELD, JOHN HULST, HORACE JOHNSON and AUGUST ZIESING for scrapping.

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