by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
In early 2018, Algoma Central Corporation took delivery of Algoma Sault, the second of two new Equinox-class self-unloading lake bulk carriers built at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group Limited, Jingjiang City, China. The vessel departed the shipyard on Feb. 3, 2018 and...
by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
The Middletown was probably the one vessel on the Great Lakes with the most involved history, both in terms of name or ownership changes as well as other incidents in which the vessel found herself involved. Perhaps an unlucky omen, she was launched on Halloween 1942...
by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
This lake and ocean bulk carrier was launched as the Soodoc (2) for N. M. Paterson & Sons Ltd., Thunder Bay, ON on April 29, 1976. She was built to Ice Class 3 standards by Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood, ON. Her power is derived from 2 V-12 cylinder 2,000...
by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
The keel for this Great Lakes / ocean-going self-unloading bulk carrier was laid March 5, 1982 at Port Weller Dry Docks, St. Catharines, ON. She was christened June 11, 1983 as Canadian Ambassador for Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd., St. Catharines, ON. Canadian Ambassador...
by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
Launched June 23, 1972; the Algoway (2) was a medium-sized Great Lakes self-unloading bulk carrier built by Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood, Ont., for Algoma Central Corp., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Her cargoes consisted of coal/coke, aggregates, slag, iron...
by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
Built in 1966 as the traditionally-styled Great Lakes bulk carrier A. S. Glossbrenner, by Davie Shipbuilding Ltd., Lauzon, Que., for Labrador Steamship Co., Montreal, Que. She was powered by a Sulzer 6RD76 diesel engine rated at 9,599 horsepower at 119 r.p.m. and was...
