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225.6 m (740 ft 2 in) oa. Beam. 23.8 m (78 ft 1 in) Algoma Equinox is a lake freighter and lead ship of her class built for Algoma Central, a Canadian shipping company. The vessel was built to a new design by Nantong Mingde Heavy Industries at their shipyard in Tongzhou, China in 2013. The ship entered service in December 2013, operating in the ...
Laker Canadian Transfer on the Saint Lawrence Seaway (2005) The Upper Lakes Shipping Company was a Canadian shipping company that maintained a fleet of lake freighters on the North American Great Lakes from 1931 to 2011. [1] The company was privately owned. In February 2011 the company sold its fleet to Algoma Central.
Algoma Tankers Limited. Algonova, one of the freighters in the Algoma Tankers fleet. Algoma Tankers Limited is a subsidiary of Canada's Algoma Central Marine, the country's largest inland shipping company. [1] The firm's fleet has seven vessels, including Algosea, Algonova, Algoma Hansa, AlgoCanada, Algoscotia, and Algoma Dartmouth.
16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) Montrealais was a lake freighter launched in 1961. Constructed in two parts, the vessel was completed in 1962 and registered in Canada. Utilized as a bulk carrier, the vessel served on the Great Lakes until 2015. Montrealais was sold three times between 1962 and 2012, when the freighter was acquired by Algoma ...
Like Algosoo before her, Algoma Sault is named for Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, as a tribute to the relationship between Algoma Central and city. [1] She is the third vessel of Algoma Central's fleet to be named after the city. [3] Algoma Sault is the second self-unloading Equinox-class bulk carrier [1] and the seventh ship of the class overall. [6]
1 × 1,000 hp (746 kW) bow thruster. Speed. 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) Algoma Progress was a self-unloading lake freighter and bulk carrier operating on the North American Great Lakes, owned by Algoma Central. Launched in 1968, the ship was originally named Canadian Progress and operated by the Upper Lakes Shipping.
Algoma Central ordered two Equinox 650 self-unloaders, named for their 650.9-foot (198.4 m) length, from Uljanik in April 2015. They are identical in most other characteristics to Equinox 740 vessels, particularly the Croatian-built ones with which they share the unloading boom-forward design, although the shorter length gives them a lower cargo capacity, with a deadweight tonnage of 24,900.
15 knots (28 km/h) Algoma Provider was a Canadian lake freighter, which operated from 1963 to 2013 under the flag of several shipping lines. She was built to seawaymax dimensions at the Collingwood Shipyards in Collingwood, Ontario for Canada Steamship Lines. She was powered by a steam turbine, and was the company's last steam-powered vessel.