Lake and ocean bulk carrier built by Jiangsu Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding Co., Jingjiang, China as hull 2015-1244. Tenth of 10 Equinox class vessels ordered by Algoma Central Corporation in 2010. Her design, described as Equinox 3.0, incorporated improvements in cargo capacity and equipment and included innovations such as lighter weight aluminum hatch covers and the adoption of an improved twin rudder design that improved the vessel’s displacement by approximately 1,200 mt.

The ship was pre-assembled inside closed shops throughout 2020. The first completed block was placed on the slipway on September 20, 2020. Launched on December 25, 2020 as CAPTAIN HENRY JACKMAN for Algoma Central Corp., Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Delivered on April 5, 2021.

740’0’’ loa, 734’7” lbp x 78’0” x 48’3”; (225.55 m loa, 223.91 lbp x 23.76 m x 14.7 m); 27,777 GRT, 9,553 NRT, 34,864 DWT. Built with five cargo holds with a total carrying capacity of (38,000 mt) at mid-summer draft.

Powered by a 11,722 bhp (6,929 kW) Sulzer model 5RT-Flex50-D slow speed two-stroke diesel engine (5 cylinders @ 500 mm x 2,050 mm) driving a single controllable pitch propeller. Engine built under license by Hudong Heavy Machinery Company, Ltd., Hudong, China. Her rated service speed is 13.7 knots (15.8 mph) service speed. Designed with a bulbous bow and a bow thruster.

Registered in Funafuti, Tuvalu, for her delivery voyage and departed China on April 29, 2021. Arrived in Montreal, QC via the Panama Canal on June 18, 2021. On that day she was registered Canadian as C.844222 with Toronto as her port of registry. She carried her first cargo, wheat from Thunder Bay for Baie Comeau, through the Soo Locks on July 12, 2021.

Written by Viktor Kaczkowski