by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
Launched April 28, 1981 as the lake bulk carrier Lake Wabush, this Seaway-sized vessel was built by Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood, ON, for Nipigon Transports Ltd. She was powered by 2 Krupp MAK model 6M552AK 5,100 b.h.p. diesel engines burning intermediate grade...
by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
The Great Lakes self-unloading bulk carrier Algowood was built by Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood, ON, and was launched Oct. 7, 1980 for Algoma Central Corp., Sault Ste. Marie, ON. The Algowood was named in honor or her builder’s community – the fifth...
by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
Algoma Strongfield was built at Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., Nantong City, China, in 2015 as CWB Strongfield for the Canadian Wheat Board. However during the construction process the shipyard went into bankruptcy, leaving the CWB Strongfield almost, but...
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...
