Name Algorail Christened 1 April 1968 Length 195 m | Owner Algoma Central Beam 72 ft 3 in (22 m) Builder Collingwood Shipbuilding | |
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Port of registry Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada Type Self-discharging bulk carrier | ||
Ship algorail lowered at lock 7
The Algorail is a lake freighter owned and operated by Algoma Central. 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.
In June 2013 she ran aground with a shipment of salt in the Saginaw River. 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.
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