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Year Built: 1972

Builder: Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering Collingwood Shipyards LTD., Collingwood, ON

Hull #200

Registry: CAN 331090

IMO #7221251

Laid Down: January 5, 1972

Launch Date: June 23, 1972

Commissioned: September 21, 1972

Construction

The Algoway was the fourth and final of a set of four similar sister ships built for Algoma Central Railway’s Marine Division (Later Algoma Central Corporation). The Algoway was an identical sister ship to the Agawa Canyon and near sister to the Roy A. Jodrey and Algorail .

Her self-unloading equipment consisted of a triple hold belt leading to a forward bucket elevator system to a deck-mounted boom.

General Stats

Length Overall: 650′

Length Between Perpendiculars: 631’09”

Breadth: 72′

Depth: 40′

Loaded Draft: 29’02”

Capacity: 16,187 Gross Tons, 11,087 Net Tons

Vessel Type: Bucket-Elevator Self-Unloader

Self-Unloading Boom Length: Bow Mounted; 250′

Number of Cargo Holds: 4 [Hatch-Hold Arrangement: 4-4-4-5]

Number of Hatches: 17 – at 24′ centers [Dimensions: #1-8/11-17 – 48’11”x10’11”; #9-10 – 48’11”x14′]

Primary Operations: Ore, Stone, Coal, Sand, Salt Trades

Propellers: 1 Controllable Pitch Propeller

Rudders: 1

Engineering Equipment

Original

ENGINE

Engine Type: Diesel Engine

Engine Manufacturer: Canadian Fairbanks-Morse, Mississauga, ON

Engine Model: 10-38D8-1/8

Number of Engines: 4

Rated HP: 6662 BHP

History

Lineage

Algoway {2} – 1972-1993

Owner: Algoma Central Corp., Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Operator: Algoma Central Corp.

Flag: Canada

Home Port: Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Algoway {2} – 1993-2011

Owner: Algoma Central Corp., St. Catharines, ON

Operator: Seaway Marine Transport [Partnership between Upper Lakes Shipping and Algoma Central Corp.]

Flag: Canada

Home Port: Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Algoway {2} – 2011-2018

Owner: Algoma Central Corp., St. Catharines, ON

Operator: Algoma Central Corp.

Flag: Canada

Home Port: Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Her Story

The Algoway {2} was constructed as a self-unloading River-Class bulk carrier for the Algoma Central Railway Marine Division, later Algoma Central Corporation.

The Algoway was laid down on January 5, 1972, being launched on June 23, and sailing on her maiden voyage on September 21, 1972. She spent her years on the lakes carrying cargoes of ore, coal, stone, sand, grain, and salt to various ports.

In 1993, management was taken over by Seaway Self-Unloaders, later Seaway Marine Transports, a partnership between Algoma Central Corporation and Upper Lakes Shipping to maximize efficiency and profits. This ended in 2011 when Algoma purchased Upper Lakes Shipping and absorbed their vessels into the Algoma fleet.

The Algoway laid up on January 1, 2018 at Goderich, Ontario, for the final time. Her role in the fleet was being taken over by newer and more modern ships. She was sold for scrap in spring 2018, being towed out of Goderich on June 9, 2018. The Algoway arrived at the International Marine Salvage scrapyard in Port Colborne on June 9th for scrapping. She was scrapped over 2019-2020.

Compiled By Brendan Falkowski

Updated on April 15, 2020