Algoma Navigator

Algoma Navigator is a Canadian bulk carrier operated by Algoma Central. Like other bulk carriers her potential cargos include: coal/coke, aggregates, slag, iron ore/oxides, salt, fertilizers, grain products, gypsum, quartzite, or sand.

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• Ship algoma navigator final voyage on the welland canal
• Ship algoma navigator at port colborne
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She has had three owners. She was built in the United Kingdom, and was owned and operated by Cambay Steamship Company, from 1967 to 1975 as Demeterton. Even though she was built for ocean commerce she saw service on the St Lawrence Seaway. Cambay enlarged her from 567 feet (173 m) to 647 feet (197 m) in 1969.

When she was purchased by the Upper Lakes Group in 1975. Upper Lakes renamed her St. Lawrence Navigator. In 1980 Upper Lakes lengthened and rebuilt the vessel. A new bow section was added, with a 1,000 horsepower (750 kW) bow thruster. After the rebuild she was renamed Canadian Navigator. After the rebuild she was 729 feet (222 m) long—the maximum length of a vessel that can fit in a St Lawrence Seaway lock. In 1997 a boom was added making her capable of self-unloading.

Upper Lakes operated her from 1975 to 2011, when it sold its entire fleet to Algoma Central. After her purchase she was renamed Algoma Navigator.

She is powered by a single 9,680 horsepower (7,220 kW) diesel engine, which can propel her at 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h).