Algoma Montrealais
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Algoma Montrealais was built in 1962, is 730 feet long and flies the Canadian flag |
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In 2011, Algoma Central purchased the entire Upper Lakes Group fleet. They added the company name Algoma to the names of most of their ‘new’ fleet, including the Montrealais. She is now the Algoma Montrealais.
She is a bulk freighter built in Montreal, Quebec. She has 20 hatches that open into 5 cargo holds. The vessel is powered by a steam turbine capable of generating up to 9,000 hp. Picture above taken Saturday, August 21, 2004. Click to see other pages featuring the Algoma Montrealais.
Picture above taken Thursday, July 19, 2001: departing Duluth in the fog
Picture above taken Monday, August 7, 2000: loading grain
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Most steamers are running on bunker C heavy fuel oil. It is pretty cheap but the EPA is going to heavily restrict its use in the future.
What kind of fuel is used to generate the steam?
This ship has such a beautiful and haunting Ship Horn!