by Guest » August 25, 2023, 2:27 am
She was in good shape but ASC had a lot of excess capacity, didn't foresee ever needing her again, and didn't want her to fall into a competitor's hands. Had she stuck around I imagine she'd of became part of the deal that saw several ships reflagged Canadian and sold to Algoma Central.
Unlike the other two steamers that ASC got in that deal, she just might've stood a distant chance at filling a niche at Algoma for a few seasons with the retirement of Algoway and Algorail and the troubles they had with their Croatia river class ships, perhaps creating enough demand to reactivate her alongside the two diesel powered ships that Algoma Central continues to use.
Interlake and what was the Central Marine Logistics fleet (Cleveland Cliffs now) have had a lot more stability than ASC was experiencing, a fraction of the hulls laid up that ASC had, and can afford to hold on to idle but potentially valuable assets for the long-term.
She was in good shape but ASC had a lot of excess capacity, didn't foresee ever needing her again, and didn't want her to fall into a competitor's hands. Had she stuck around I imagine she'd of became part of the deal that saw several ships reflagged Canadian and sold to Algoma Central.
Unlike the other two steamers that ASC got in that deal, she just might've stood a distant chance at filling a niche at Algoma for a few seasons with the retirement of Algoway and Algorail and the troubles they had with their Croatia river class ships, perhaps creating enough demand to reactivate her alongside the two diesel powered ships that Algoma Central continues to use.
Interlake and what was the Central Marine Logistics fleet (Cleveland Cliffs now) have had a lot more stability than ASC was experiencing, a fraction of the hulls laid up that ASC had, and can afford to hold on to idle but potentially valuable assets for the long-term.