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Wind on the stb side is my guess. Alpena channel is 1.2 nm to good water. It is a fair weather port with no room for error.

She was rebuilt in 2023 with the thought, feeling and expectation she would last as a new build. It was quite the fanfare when she came over. I m certain mckeil hoped she would not have major troubles early in her career. She certainly appears to be a 1998 build.

NV is relatively new to have major downtime like this. Wondering if it was due cutting corners and maximizing profit. I see algoma has been moving stone to southwest sales, i think mckeil is paying them to do that.

Cdn lakers are cheep relative to new Americsn builds, how does it effect the industry when a new american asset cost 120,000,000 compared to 60,000,000 for a cdn one? Great time for cdn to invest in port infastructure.

Fair Winds and Following Seas Peter. Thank you for saving lives of seafarers. I know you'll rest in peace. Heartfelt condolence to family, friends, and sailors.

Lower lakes acquired 330 million in debt during their expansion, they were salvaged from bankruptcy over 15 years ago by rand acquisitions. The Michipicoten failure was not caused by one load, it was caused by decades of aggressive loading and inadequate repair. Vessels deteriorate over their ...

I hear algoma, mckeil, and csl are buying lower lakes assets, contracts and 2 vessels.

Rumour is, lower lakes is being sold.Has anyone heard?

Rand did not renew the Algoma contract in 2025, good timing on their part.

RAND did not renew the contact in 2025. Algoma has been running ore into Algoma all season. Good timing on Rands part, a little positivity to a difficult few years. Algoma produces high quality military steel, no doubt it is missed on the world steel market. Ripple effects will play out in the ...

cleaning her ballast tanks for dry docking is the rumour.

Leroy Pero in st catherines.