MV Algorail
lake freighter, built in 1968 and scrapped in 2018
Algorail was a lake freighter owned and operated by Algoma Central. The ship was built by Collingwood Shipyards in Collingwood, Ontario and was launched in 1967. The ship sailed on the North American Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway delivering coal/coke, aggregates, slag, iron ore/oxides, salt, fertilizers, grain products, gypsum, quartzite, or sand. The ship was laid up in 2016 and sold for scrap in 2018.
Description
The ship was 640 ft 5 in (195.2 m) long overall and 620 ft 1 in (189 m) between perpendiculars with a beam of 72 ft 3 in (22.0 m). The ship has a maximum draught of 26 ft 0 in (7.9 m) and a Saint Lawrence Seaway draught of 26 ft 0 in (7.9 m). Algorail had a gross tonnage (GT) of 16,157 and a deadweight tonnage (DWT) of 23,320.
Algorail was powered by four Fairbanks-Morse 10-38D8-1/8 diesel engines driving one shaft. The engines were rated at 6,664 horsepower (4,969 kW) combined. The vessel was also equipped with one 600 hp (447 kW) bow thruster and one 1,000 hp (746 kW) stern thruster.
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