The Algoscotia and Algoeast

While I was waiting for the Anderson in Port Huron, I was in a good spot to take a picture of a couple of ships offloading Sarnia.

 The first is the Algoscotia.  She is a tanker that was built in China in 2004. 

 She can carry a little over 19,000 tons of cargo.

 Next to her was the Algoeast.  She's been on this blog before.

 A shot of the Algoscotia's pilothouse.

And her bow.

The Algoeast Again....

I thought that I would be adding a new ship to this blog.  I saw that she was coming down around Belle Isle, so I decided to stick around to catch her.  Turns out that I did catch pictures of her before.

 It's a shame that she wasn't renamed Algobrave when she was acquired by Algoma.  That would have been a cool name.

 She's a pretty cool looking ship for a tanker.

 The almost side shot of her.

 The side shot of her.  Sadly, I wasn't in a great spot for this one.

Nor was I in a great spot for this one, as I was shooting into the sun.

Four Ships

And then sometimes, you get a shot like this.

It's pretty uncommon to get two ships in one shot although I've done it in the past.  It's rare to get three ships.  I don't think I've ever gotten four ships.  In the background is the American Cenutry heading upbound.  She is being passed by the Great Republic.  Docked is the Algosea and heading upground in the foreground is the AlgoEast.

Next Up...the Algoeast

The funny thing about shipwatching is that sometimes they can be scarce and then sometimes they come in rapid succession.

 Following pretty closely behind the American Century was the Algoeast.  She has appeared on this blog before so I'm not going to post her story here.

 She is kind of a cool looking ship but unfortunately my light was waning.

And she heads off.

The Algoeast

After spending some time at Belle Isle, I decided to head to lunch at Slows Barbecue. I'd never been there but have heard good things about it. It was pretty good. The ribs were pretty good and the mac and cheese was excellent. The fries were kind of meh.

After lunch, I headed down to Riverside Park because I was hoping to catch the mailship when the Indiana Harbor came down. As I was waiting, I looked downriver and noticed a pair of ships coming upriver. Since I wasn't expecting either of these, they were bonus ships for me.
The ship in the front is the Algoeast and the ship in the back is the St. Clair (more on her later).

The Algoeast started her life as the Texaco Brave for her owners Texaco Canada. She was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industies in 1976. She is a single hulled tanker.

She is powered by a 5,300 horsepower Hitachi Diesel Engine and can reach almost 16 miles per hour. She is 431 feet long and can carry almost 65,000 barrels of liquid.

She sailed for Texaco Canada until 1986 when she was sold to Imperial Oil and became Le Brave.

She was laid up in 1996 and had a collision which damaged her foredeck and bowspirit. In 1997, she was repaired and repainted. At this time, she was named Imperial St. Lawrence.

In 1998, she was bought by Algoma and renamed the Algoeast. She was also converted to a double hulled tanker. This was the first completed at the Port Weller Yard.

Since 2000, she has been sailed under the Algoma banner. She's had a couple minor incidents.