Algoma Transport Final Journey 

I sail with Algoma. All I can say is I can understand the pain the crew is going through right now involving the death of their ship, refuge and the loss of family on that old girl. Thank you for capturing this moment so beautifully.

I never thought a ship video would be so remarkably fitting for the decommissioned Algoma Transport. Truly a fine tribute to her and those who served aboard her. Well done!

It's always a somber, sad moment when you see a ship you served on be "decommissioned" and scrapped. Something about standing on the deck of a ship that's about to undergo the knife brings a flash of memories of "all the times". I never served on this ship but I still offer my salute to the countless ones who did. Even if you never served on one of these great beasts, you can't help but feel a sadness for those who did. I served on the USCGC Mobile Bay (80/81). I'm sure at some point in her life, this vessel was able to utilize a track laid down in the ice by one of these little 140ft ice breakers. And being that she was commissioned the same year the Mobile Bay was commissioned, it's a stark reminder these ships grow old and tired. Though the Mobile Bay recently completed her "refit" to add another 20-30 years to her life, it's still sad to see a mighty ship such as this be put down. Fair winds and following seas. 73's

Not very often that a boat sails to the scrapyard under her own power, but I know it's happened with more than a few Algoma Central boats in recent years. Excellent cinematography, and the somber music is appropriate as well.

Aww, ever sad seeing the Tecumseh chopped up. I got to ride from one grain elevator to another here in Thunder Bay with Cap'n Vaughn. The shape of the hull made it look like a hot rod of the lakes. Seen the Algoma Transport in Thunder Bay a few times.

I grew up on Lake Superior in Michipicoten, watching the lake boats take iron ore to the Sault. Great video and wonderful comments.

My eyes aren’t leaking 😢 Great job with your cameras, and the music choice is perfect.

Grew up in Michigan, but never saw these majestic behemoths until I moved to Minnesota and started taking trips to Duluth. The videography and music caused me to feel an appreciation for a mammoth hunk of steel, and certainly for those who served on her...and a bit of sadness. I can't help but feel that the ship itself, absorbs the souls of the crew and becomes animate. ✌️♥️ Mark

Wow, as lake freighters go she is almost new being built in 1979!

Even though entering in reverse, she went in with her head held high. No tugs and the softest docking maneuver I've ever witnessed in my 21 years with Uncle Sam's Navy.

So hard to see her career ending. She was a favorite of mine and I will always keep videos of her. Thank you for all the years of service you put in. ❤😢Thank you for sharing this with us.

Shipping is so old and backward up that way. Amazing to see.

Words are lost. Beautiful images and music. Outstanding.

when rock-salt gets damp it tends to solidify, and the pressure of the weight of the salt forces it to produce even more solidification.

Seeing a ship of any size being scrapped it always a sad sight. For years i was facinated by Aviation bone yards, but in revent years i have started followng ships and thier lives

If steel could only speak..Great job ship and crew

This was a very beautiful, respectful video. Thanks for taking the time to make it so.

Another great ship gone from the lakes brilliant video

Very enjoyable video, great picture quality and drone work. Thank u

So sad. Beautiful send off!

Thank you for being there to capture this important moment! What a well done video!

Thanks for producing and posting this video. Camera work is first rate. Masterfully done!

My older brother served as the third engineer on the Transport when it was commissioned in 1987. They were steaming one night in the Detroit river and the stern anchor had slowly payed out and grabbed what ever was down there. Phone and communication cables pipes of all sorts. When new it had a lot of teething problems like complete loss of power.

Wow! Absolutely beautiful!

Just talked to my brother about this boat. It had 2- MAN , medium speed diesel engines at 8000hp and a Kamewa variable pitch propeller, one thing it had when it was just commissioned was 2 port holes over top of the propeller, they would put strobe lights on the prop to watch and document there findings. It also had 2 , shaft generator sets.

great film, well done even the music was spot on.

Happy new year Nigel. Beautiful video. That's a beautiful ship. Lots of history. I bet if it could talk. It would have many stories? Ya. Everything has an End😢. A few more months and we'll be back out Seadooing. There's almost enough snow here around Timmins to go Skidooing. Take care.

Thank you for taking the time to post this .

Docking like a boss! fun fact, the Transport has a sauna on board.

Gracias a este video quedará inmortalizado para siempre su última gran entrada a puerto . Mis saludos y respetos a todos sus tripulantes. Excelente trabajo de imágenes música.

Well done, sir !

Thanks for the good memories of both transport and Griffin from when I worked at CGRS Sarnia(vbe)

Will they reuse the conveyor system ? Good luck to the Captain and Crew in your next Jobs ! You served your ship Proud ❤!!

Its ironic that some ships much older are still in use, but the A T is going to the scrapyard. Sad to see them get torn apart but better that than risking breaking up and sinking.

Piękny film lubię jęzora te piękne jęzora ogromne 👌☺️

i enjoyed your video

Damn good information.

I looked up her replacement, the Algoma Bear, she appears to still be under construction in China.

I remember seeing this ship in Owen Sound, ON harbor different times over the years. I also noticed the 1 time on how bad the outside of the ship was looking and now I know why they didn't keep painting it. Sad to see it being decommissioned but it looks in rough condition. Not very seaworthy anymore

I live along the Ohio River, there's one if not two companies for dry dock and repairs. I'd love to sit still long enough to see that.

Have you considered asking to do a documentary type thing for something like this? And about the Captain and crew? 🤷‍♀️

Sad day for a grand ship. Her Cap'n did a great job of backing her in. Are the crew unemployed now I wonder? Good video and the music was appropriate. Thanks.

Salute! 🌹⚓

That's kinda of sad to see, but this also isn't one of the great classic lakers. Clearly a ship that was rode hard and put up wet. I'd be curious if it also has to do with the rumor of the Edward L Ryerson going to Algoma I keep seeing in comments about the ship. Would be interesting to find out!

This is the former Canadian Transport, built for Upper Lakes Shipping in Port Weller. It's sad to see it go, as my father was a captain for ULS. I'm not sure if he was ever captain of the Canadian Transport. I think at this point in his career he was "Fleet Captain", which meant he was assigned to ships where the captains needed assistance - it could be they were inexperienced with a specific route, or my father had a certification on his master's license that the regular captain did not, or whatever. He was even loaned out to Ford for one summer to command a car transport - which I was told was close to 50,000 tons! The Canadian / Algoma Transport was built to the standardized design that ULS started using in the 1960's. The first one, which I think was the Canadian Century (in honour of the 100th anniversary of Confederation), still had the wheelhouse at the bow. Thanks for the video.

This is my third time watching this video. Now I'm getting emotional because it's also my first time noticing the man at 7:02 standing in the opening to the engine room, hanging his head. I can only try to imagine how sad this would have been for someone who worked in the very heart of the ship.

I worked on the transport as a pipefitter assistant and laborer during on of her winter layups

Ships as old as me wow , is a nice lil vid

I’ve seen an Algoma ship here in Owen Sound Ontario, Georgian Bay.

not sure how I ended up here looks scenic though the drone shots and snow, but is she old and broken or is it just a rule that the hulls of greatlakes ships must be retired after 45 years, like they forge engineers on the railroad and airline pilots to retire at a certain age, still the great lakes can be down right inhospitable to ships even though its freshwater, it has many shipwrecks and storms to tell the danger especially around early winter

Well more than one lol. We have the marine school here in Owen Sound at Georgian College

Just sad seeing a ship going to be torched..well at least she got there under her own Power...fair winds....

Bet it’s a sad day for Captain and the crew it’s like taking your best friend off of life support 😥

How does that work than with the crew of that vessel? Are they split up and relocated with different boats or is there a new boat replacing this one and the crew gets placed in the new boat?

I can’t believe they’re scrapping her

Here is the Algoma Transport heading into Duluth picking up that last load of ore. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ov9I3PE4BDc.html

I guess I'm surprised to see such a large, and relatively newer freighter being scrapped when there's smaller, older vessels still plying the lakes.

Good to see the old junk being decommissioned and scrapped. Time to modernize finally.

I always wondered when do you know when a freighter needs to be scraped.

What is the name of this place. Thx.

Curious about how this is done. Do they mostly gut the ship at this dock before moving it to a dry dock for the final dismantling? This was a great presentation for her final docking. Thank you.

It would be interesting to know how many engine hours, miles she traveled and also the total tons of cargo she carried over all those years. Also who served the longest on her.

The ship was very good for age built 1979 but hauling salt this is tough on steel brace and body himself.she pay up herself algoma marine knew time was due maintenance cost.my brothers work as officer for patterson,csl,upperlakes,algoma marine and expose cost run ship like this not cheap.sad let her dock for scrap but pure economic win at end sad but true.thanks video😮

Why would a vessel this young be scraped? Is it because of wash boarding?

How large a ship was this & maximum tonnage haulded? Sad.

Is it in rough shape structurally? Is that the reason for the scrapping? Quite a few ships older than this one still sailing.

Pretty sad to see it go...😔

RIP

i didn't think there are ship breakers here in ontario or canada given high labor rates and regulations. i would have expected this in india or turkey or elsewhere in asia.

How do they drag it up onto land for the dismantling process?

Back in the day, and I was on vacation in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. I was on a Soo Locks Tour Boat 🚢 and when just finished locking through the Poe Lock. The Soo Locks Tour Boat 🚢 and was heading Upbound and towards Sault Ste Marie, Ontario and towards Algoma Steel Plant. I had seen the Canadian Transport, (Algoma Transport).And, when the Canadian Transport is unloading ore,at,the Algoma Steel Plant and I took a picture 📸 of the Canadian Transport 📸. And, to this very day and I still have the picture 📸 of the Canadian Transport unloading her Cargo. I, will not throw the picture out. I, have a photo 📸 📷 album on the old Great Lakes Freighters that have been scrapped to this very day. This 🚢 Freighter being 45yearsold,is way too young to be scrapped. The ALGOMA TRANSPORT will be missed and at,least I have a,picture of the Canadian Transport unloading her Cargo. I took the picture 📸 of the Canadian Transport in 1995. 10:13

There are much older ships still out there and in better shape. I think Algoma was just really neglectful of their fleet. I’ve worked on many of the Great Lakes ships here in Milwaukee. Around 2014 or so, two Algoma boats were sent out early in the spring (late winter?), and both were damaged by the ice. One had a fairly minor crack, and the other had its bow peeled wide open. We got a late cold snap that year, and it was miserable to work on. What struck me the most, was that both of these ships were very rusty and dirty. The crew were nice enough, though. One guy had the thickest accent I have ever heard in my life. He was from Nova Scotia, but sounded Scottish, lol.

Is the picture in thumbnail normal or is it stretched

Did not know it had become economically feasible to scrap a ship in Canada.

its always sad to see a ship come to the end of its life. Newer technology, cleaner demands from the government and the unstoppable force of time will take their toll.

This is the end 😮

Why are the ships around the Great Lakes so old, even more than half a century old? Doesn't the company suffered losses because old ships suffer a lot of damage so maintenance costs are very expensive?

To me it's very sad to see these beautiful old girls go all the years they have served why don't they just refit them. And another 40 plus years they will continue.❤

Why is this more modern vessel being scrapped, a few days ago I watched a recent video of a lakes freighter 80 years old going into a lock, one would think the older vessels with the wheelhouse up on the bow and engine room aft would go first.

45 y ain't long service for such a ship. Why was she scrapped?

What a diffrence in ship breaking ,it's so clean ther compared to India

you're a romantic,, aren't you, lol,, love the video,, and of course the music

I always feel a bit sad to see an old work horse being sent to scrap!!

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Why would they scrap a freighter? That's only forty five years old but there's seventy year old boats on the lake

Ok so i am Lost to why thar scraping it

If you want a good comparison,. Hauling Salt.... That stuff gets everywhere and it eats like a Cancer, or Worse maybe(as we as humans don't last a 40yr fight typically)..... But again that stuff gets Everywhere.... from every bolt on the conveyor to being tracked by foot throughout the ship, Stairs, floors, corners... again everywhere. Think of vehicles in the northern US where they salt the roads, a car or truck can be rusted through in 5 years, yes the metal is thinner. but I have had a truck on a car lift that was from Ohio and the chassis or or main frame was paper thin or the bed of the truck was pretty much holding it together. Any holes in the holds would eventually allow a brine mix to get to the structure in addition to the atmosphere of salt in the air constantly being hauled. Think about the misty to rainy days where the vapors penetrate every crevice.(and all the time that has passed... years) I probably can't imagine how bad of condition that ship is in and it is also a huge safety factor hauling such a payload any missed repairs over the years and encountering storms and rough waters could cause it to seemingly implode or buckle and sink suddenly. Meanwhile we have vehicles that are running around that have been protected from such exposure that are in Mint condition 70 years old or more. Apples to Oranges maybe but similar on a way larger scale. I know from experience, Rusty bolts and maintenance on anything exposed to acidic or salty conditions is a Total Nightmare to try and service and work on. I'm sure the Old Girl was tired, as that was Corrosive Life from day one. Rest In Peace

How old is she?

Okay I actually feel sad.

Not many ships enjoy the luxury of being broken up in the good old US of A.

hate to see good working ships getting scraped.

that was sad a f

She couldn't have been that old.

Seems fairly young for a Great Lakes freighter. 50+ years isn't uncommon. Any to built a complete new ship from scratch...seems like it would be at least a little more cost effective to yank the entire pilothouse/engine and redo it. But I'm sure someone way smarter than me ran the finances. It would be fun however, to work on the ship breaking.

If she could talk the stories she could tell.

Really sad

It's a Shame it Has To Be Destroyed After So Many years Of Service

sadness

If we can scrap them why can't we build them in Ontario..there's alot of jobs and welll paid ones

Sadly, when you compare her to newer Algoma ships she looks in much better shape. So many look like old rust buckets.