Our Location and some background info.

For most of our sailing followers they know the story behind the Algoma Mariner, for family and friends who just pretend to listen to our sea stories, they may or may not know the tale.  So we will attempt to tell the story for you here.

A few years ago an idea of re-building two vessels of the Seaway Marine Transport fleet became a reality, both parent companies (Algoma Central Corporation & Upper Lakes Shipping)  signed a deal with Chengxi Shipyard of Jiangyin, Jiangsu China to complete the project.  It started with the towing of the "old" M/V Algobay over to China and the forebody section removed and the after house attached to the new forebody.  The "new" Algobay left China in 2010 and sailed back to Canada and is currently servicing the Great Lakes, East Coast of Canada, and the capabilities of servicing the Caribbean, and Northeastern areas of South America.

The second vessel to be converted was the Algoport, however unfortunately while being towed to China it broke up and foundered in the Pacific Ocean, some photos and such can be found here:
http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/algoportsink.htm

With the forebody already constructed a decision was made to construct a new stern section and name the vessel the M/V Canadian Mariner. 

Another chapter in the vessels history unfolded when Algoma Central Corporation purchased Upper Lakes Shipping's Interest in Seaway Marine Transport this past February and decided to name the vessel the M/V Algoma Mariner. 

The following link shows our location http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Jiangyin+life+island&aq=&sll=31.924775,120.283127&sspn=0.44816,1.054001&ie=UTF8&hq=Jiangyin+life+island&hnear=&ll=31.924193,120.283813&spn=3.584871,8.432007&z=8


A few Pics around the yard today....