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As part of the Labrador fleet, her main cargo was iron ore from Gulf of St. Lawrence ports such as Pointe Noire, Sept Isles, and Port Cartier, QC to the U.S. steel mills. Grain loads provided return voyages back to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. In 1971, the A. S. Glossbrenner was sold to Algoma Central Corp., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and renamed Algogulf (1) in 1987. The Algogulf was converted to a self-unloading bulk carrier in 1990. In March 21, 1990 the new self-unloader was renamed Algosteel (2). The Algosteel’s self-unloading equipment consisted of a two- belt gravity system with two loop belt elevators feeding a 252 foot discharge boom that could rotate 90 degrees to port or starboard. It had a designed discharge rate of up to 5,440 tons per hour. In February 2014, Algosteel and her fleetmate Algowood transported 50,000 tons of rock salt to Wisconsin from Goderich, Ont., escorted by a United States Coast Guard icebreaker after supplies of rock salt were diminished due to significant snowfall. Algosteel arrived in Montreal to lay up for the final time on April 28, 2018. Her name was shortened to Oste for a scrap tow to Aliaga, Turkey, where she arrived June 26 under tow of the tug Fairmont Alpine. Written by George Wharton. |
| Ship Particulars | |
| Length | 730′ 00″ (222.51m) |
| Beam | 75′ 00″ (22.86m) |
| Depth | 39′ 08″ (12.09m) |
| Midsummer Draft | 27′ 08″ (8.43m) |
| Unloading Boom Conveyor Length | 252′ (76.81m) |
| Capacity | 26,949 tons |
| Engine Power | 9,599 bhp diesel |
| Previous Names | |
| A. S. Glossbrenner | 1966 – 1987 |
| Algogulf (1) | 1987 – 1990 | Algosteel (2) | 1990 – 2018 |
| Oste | scrap tow |