Algorail
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| History | |
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| Name: | Algorail |
| Owner: | Algoma Central[1] |
| Port of registry: | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario,  Canada |
| Builder: | Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood, Ontario[2] |
| Christened: | 1 April 1968[2] |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Type: | Self-discharging bulk carrier |
| Length: | 640 ft 5 in (195 m) |
| Beam: | 72 ft 3 in (22 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft (8 m) (Seaway) 29 ft 2 in (9 m) (maximum) |
| Installed power: | 4 × Fairbanks-Morse 10-38D8-1/8 6,664 hp (combined) |
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The Algorail is a lake freighter owned and operated by Algoma Central.[2] She is a self-unloading bulk carrier, christened in 1968. She is one of the last lake freighters built in the traditional 2 superstructure style, with the bridge right in the bows.
She is the second vessel of this name.[2]
In June 2013 she ran aground with a shipment of salt in the Saginaw River.[3][4] Zilwaukee Dock Manager Jim Cnudde cited the Algorail's running aground as an indication that greater efforts should be made to keep the river dredged.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Algorail (6805531)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 2013-11-02. (registration required (help)).
- ^ a b c d e George Wharton. "Great Lakes Fleet Page Vessel Feature -- Algorail (2)". Boatnerd.com. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ Heather Jordan (2013-06-25). "Tugboat ready to assist freighter stuck on Saginaw River in Bay City". Michigan Live. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
A lake freighter hauling salt remained stuck on the Saginaw River in downtown Bay City Tuesday, June 25, and now a tugboat from Busch Marine Inc. is at the scene to assist, if needed.
- ^ Heather Jordan (2013-06-25). "Algorail stuck on Saginaw River between Liberty and Veterans Memorial bridges in Bay City". Michigan Live. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
A ship hauling salt has been stuck on the Saginaw River between Liberty and Veterans Memorial bridges in Bay City since about 5 a.m. Tuesday, June 25.
- ^ Jessica Fleishman (2013-06-25). "Stuck lake freighter Algorail floats free in Saginaw River after getting help from a barge". Michigan Live. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
The freighter Algorail was stuck in shipping channel from about 5 a.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday, after the 650-foot vessel hit the bottom of the waterway between the Veterans and Liberty bridges.
