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That's correct, cement carriers do not typically visit the plant. Ownership was originally St. Lawrence Cement, then Holcim now CRH.

The plant receives:
-Stone-Robert S. Pierson dedicated run
-Slag-Algoma
-Coal-Algoma

The plant ships:
-Powdered cement/clinker to Duluth and occasionally the East Coast. (Algoma bulkers handle the Duluth loads, Desgagnes/McKeil the East Coast runs)

cpfan wrote:Denny:

I think that the Roman was operated by Algoma on behalf of Essroc.

She is still owned by Essroc but now managed by McKeil.

Steve

That is incorrect, her registry has been updated to show MCKEIL WORK BOATS GP INC as her owner.

Anyone have the destination of Evans McKeil and Metis? I see they are showing ETAs all the way through the Seaway to St. Lambert downbound.

Guest wrote:

Guest wrote:Algoma Olympic now laid up in Owen Sound

What was the point of that move ?

She cannot sit on the approach wall to Lock 8 in Port Colborne with the shipping season underway, she had to move.

According to the fleet list on Algoma's 2015 annual report, Algoma Navigator, Algosoo, Algomarine, Peter R. Cresswell and Algosar will be retired. Algosteel is in cold layup status as a spare boat.

I hope you guys got your shots of her as CWB Marquis. Rename to G3 Marquis (following sale of CWB to G3) is official. Her logos are painted over white today in Hamilton.

http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/4/v ... ils/838418

You should avoid putting the locations of accessible places on a public forum, drawing attention will inevitably lead to more fences. It has happened before.

The news reports Algosteel and Mississagi laying up in Hamilton yesterday. The HPA site shows Algosteel in Toronto and Mississagi in Lake Ontario at anchor off the Burlington beach. I thought Mississagi had loaded loaded sag for Cleveland. Algosteel and Algosoo departed and laid up in Toronto. Miss...

lahey wrote:The Cresswell has stopped against the wall just north of the scrapyard in PC.

She is loaded for Detroit, that doesn't really matter at this point.

cpfan wrote:

algowest wrote:Anyone know why the PRC departed from Bowmanville and instead of crossing lake to Canal, headed east towards Prince Edward (east end Lake Ontario) and is now headed west towards Canal?
TIA

burning off excess fuel??

Weather...

It's a long shot, but does anyone have a picture they can send/post of the interior of the Wescliffe Hall's (of 1957) wheelhouse? I'm trying to identify an artifact.

Guest wrote:Didn't the Algolake just get new engines and a 5 year this past winter? New paint as well...seems unlikely she'd be done in just 2 years.

The Algolake was not re-powered.

kamco wrote:The fleet demise list is an internal SMT/Algoma document dated 2010.Again I stress subject to change.

I would imagine it is pretty irrelevant considering the whole Equinox delivery issues etc that have since gone on...

It's notched, lengthened, converted to a cement carrier and has no remaining superstructure. Not much of a museum candidate...

Just look at the vessels in the system. Heavy traffic.

The single bow anchor seems odd. So is the bow mounted unloader rig. Reminds me of the old Canadian Ranger. Bow shape with the flared combing reminds me of the American Courage & the Great Republic they're similar to the Laud & Buffalo, but the flare seems a little more pronounced. It has t...

Black is now being sandblasted in preparation for painting, Griffon has not yet been in the drydock, assuming she is going in.

She has been painted up in McKeil colours (black hull, horse logo on stack) and registered in Hamilton. She will be retaining her current name.

MikeCDN wrote:What's left at that facility? Are they still capable of draining the drydocks?

What would it take, besides money, to get this fully operational again?

They are more than capable of draining the drydocks else this wouldn't be happening. Algoma Enterprise spent all of last winter in there...