Algolake

The Algolake was moored in Toronto over the winter of 2013.

The Algolake is a self-unloading bulk carrier owned and operated by Algoma Central.^[1] She was built in Collingwood, Ontario, by Collingwood Shipyards in 1976—after lake freighters stopped being built with a distinctive superstructure incorporating the ship's bridge, right up in the bow, and another, over the ship's engines, right in the stern. The Algolake has a single superstructure in the stern.^[2]

She is powered by 2 X 4,500 shaft horsepower (3,400 kW) diesel engines, powering a single propeller, enclosed in a Kort nozzle.^[1] She is built to seawaymax dimensions.

Accoriding to Soo Today a life extension to the Algolake was one of the reasons why Algoma Central's profits weree down sharply in 2009. ^[3]

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 George Wharton. "Great Lakes Fleet Page Vessel Feature -- Algolake". Boatnerd. Retrieved 2013-10-22. 
2. ↑ "Algolake". Duluth Shipping News. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2013-10-22. She was the first Algoma ship with all her superstructure, meaning the cabins and pilothouse, in the rear (aft) of the ship. Before this, their ships had the pilothouse forward. 
3. ↑ David Helwig (2009-02-19). "Profits drop sharply at Algoma Central". Soo Today. Retrieved 2013-10-22. Amortization expense has increased as a result of a full year charge for the Honourable Henry Jackman, the addition of the three geared ocean bulk carriers, and the amortization of the investment in the life extensions of the John B. Aird and the Algolake.