Algoma Transport - Final Load Before Scrapping

Here is the Algoma Transport arriving in Superior, Wisconsin on the afternoon of December 29, 2023 for the final cargo run of her 44-year career. She was in Superior to pick up taconite (iron ore) pellets at the Burlington Northern #5 dock. The pellets were for delivery to Hamilton, Ontario. After unloading in Hamilton, the Algoma Transport made her way through the Welland Canal to Marine Recycling Corp. in Port Colborne, Ontario where she shut down her engines for the last time on January 8, 2023. After many years of hauling iron ore to create steel, her own steel will be cut up by the scrappers torches in the coming months.

The Algoma Transport was a fairly regular visitor to the Twin Ports, usually coming here a half dozen times a year, often hauling in salt and hauling out taconite. While the Algoma Transport looked better on the exterior than many of the Algoma ships sent to the scrapyard in recent years, her retirement comes as Algoma continues to moderize their fleet with more efficient vessels that can maximize cargo hauling while using less fuel (and having fewer emissions). Her replacement, the Equinox-class vessel Algoma Bear, has already been launched and undergone initial sea trials. She is expected to begin service in the spring of 2024. If you'd like to read more about the Algoma Bear (and see a photo of her), check out this news story at the Boatnerd website: https://boatnerd.com/boatnerd-news-december-29-2023/

Fortunately we had a nice, unseasonably warm and sunny December day to greet the Algoma Transport on her last visit to the Twin Ports. She greeted us in return with a captain's salute before making her way to the dock to begin her final loading. It's always bittersweet to see a ship on its final run. While we look forward to welcoming the Algoma Bear in 2024, we will no doubt miss the visits from the Algoma Transport. If you would like to see photos of the Algoma Transport arriving at Port Colborne, including photos inside her engine room, check out the news story here: https://boatnerd.com/boatnerd-news-january-9-2024/

Launched in 1979 as the Canadian Transport, the Algoma Transport was 730 feet in length and 75 feet in width. She had a cargo carrying capacity of 32,700 tons, which is held in one large cargo hold (instead of multiple smaller holds like seen on most lake carriers). The cargo hold was accessed by 22 deck hatches. According to the Boatnerd website, she was “powered by twin M.A.N. type 8L40/54A 8-cylinder diesel engines rated at 10,000 total bhp driving a controllable pitch propeller giving her a rated service speed of 13 knots." A 1,000hp bow thruster was used for maneuvering in port. She was operated under the name Canadian Transport by Seaway Marine Transport up until 2011, at which time she was acquired by Algoma Central Corporation. At that time, she received a new paint scheme and her final name.
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