Algoma christens new dry-bulk carrier
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PORT COLBORNE, ON: Algoma Central Corporation has christened the The MV Algoma Mariner—the first completely new Canadian flag dry-bulk carrier to be brought into service on the Great Lakes in over 25 years. The ship has been registered in Port Colborne, Ontario.
The Canadian-flag ship, which Algoma said has several environmental and technical improvements including being 25 percent more fuel efficient, will carry traditional dry-bulk commodities such as iron ore, coal, salt, aggregates and grain in the Great Lakes-Seaway system and in Atlantic coastal waters for the next 30-40 years.
“Although the MV Algoma Mariner is the first completely new dry-bulk vessel to enter Canadian service in a long time, it will not be the last,” said Greg Wight, president and CEO of St. Catharines-based Algoma Central Corporation. “In addition to the MV Algoma Mariner we have contracted for six new equinox class vessels and the Canadian Wheat Board, a major user of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Waterway and customer of Algoma, has contracted to purchase an additional two Equinox Class vessels.”
The MV Algoma Mariner was delivered by Chengxi Shipyard in China on May 31, 2011 and reached Canadian shores on August 2, 2011. The ship will deliver coal (picked up earlier from Superior, Wisconsin) through the St. Lawrence Seaway to Sydney, Nova Scotia.
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