Algoma Provider
What was the official name of Algoma Provider from 2011 to 2013?
Algoma Provider Algoma Provider was a Canadian lake freighter , which operated from 1963 to 2013 under the flag of several shipping lines . She was built to seawaymax dimensions at the Collingwood Shipyards in Collingwood , Ontario for Canada Steamship Lines . She was powered by a steam turbine , and was the companys last steam-powered vessel . Initially named Murray Bay , the ship was sold in 1994 to Upper Lakes Shipping , which renamed the vessel Canadian Provider . In 2011 , Upper Lakes Shipping sold its entire fleet to Algoma Central , which renamed the lake freighter Algoma Provider . The vessel continued in service until 2013 , when she was sold to be broken up for scrap . The ship was renamed Ovi for her journey to the scrapyard in Turkey . During her career , the ship carried bulk cargoes to destinations along the Saint Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes . Description . The ship was built to seawaymax dimensions , which are the maximum dimensions a ship could be to enter the locks of the Saint Lawrence Seaway . The lake freighter was long overall and between perpendiculars with a beam of . The vessel had a maximum draught of and a maximum summer draught of . The ship was powered by a John Inglis steam turbine fed by two Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boilers turning one fixed pitch propeller , rated at . The vessel had a maximum speed of . The lake freighter had a gross register tonnage ( GRT ) of 17,873 tons and a deadweight tonnage of 26,930 tons . The ship had 17 hatches service 6 holds . Service history . The ship was ordered by Canada Steamship Lines and her keel was laid down on 22 October 1962 by Collingwood Shipyards at Collingwood , Ontario with the yard number 177 . The vessel was launched on 3 May 1963 with the name Murray Bay . This was in keeping with Canada Steamship Lines naming conventions of naming their vessels after Canadian bays and inlets , with the ship named after Murray Bay . Construction of Murray Bay was completed on 18 July 1963 with the ship being registered at Collingwood . Murray Bay sailed on her maiden voyage on 18 July 1963 to Taconite Harbor , Minnesota . After entering service Murray Bay was used to transport bulk cargoes to destinations in the Saint Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes . Cargoes included iron ore , grain , coal and cement . In 1971 , the ship was chartered by Pipe Line Tankers and the vessel was registered in Montreal , Quebec . In 1984 , ownership returned to Canada Steamship Lines and the ship was registered in Toronto , Ontario . On 6 August 1986 , Murray Bay nearly collided with William J . Delancey at Duluth , Minnesota when high winds pushed the vessels within of each other . The ship was taken out of service by Canada Steamship Lines on 21 December 1993 and sold to Upper Lakes Shipping along with several other vessels . In Canada Steamship Lines service , Murray Bay carried 741 cargoes . Upper Lakes Shipping renamed her Canadian Provider and reactivated the ship in October 1994 , under the management of Seaway Bulk Carriers of Winnipeg , Manitoba . Canadian Provider was used primarily to carry grain and was dependent on the commodity , sailing only when required by the industry . In September 2001 , Canadian Provider was towed from Toronto to Hamilton , Ontario and rafted to , which had hit a bridge and caught fire . The wheat Windoc had been transporting was transferred to Canadian Provider , which would carry the cargo on to Montreal . After two weeks , Canadian Provider sailed with almost all of Windocs cargo , less 5,000 tons . In 2004 , Canadian Provider collided with the Redpath Sugar dock in Toronto . The collision caused extensive bow damage to the ship and damage to the dock . The ship remained in Toronto until 20 May 2005 when she was towed to Hamilton for repairs . Following a survey of the ship , Canadian Provider returned to active service on 5 May 2006 . In October 2010 the vessel lost a man overboard . Both the United States Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard found no trace of the crew member after a search . In 2011 Upper Lakes Shipping sold its entire fleet to Algoma Central . Several members of the fleet were immediately scrapped , but Canadian Provider was retained and renamed Algoma Provider . The ship saw two further years of service . In August 2012 it was found that one of the ships fuel tanks had cracked , but no leaks were found . The ship continued in service until arriving at Montreal on 30 December 2012 . There the vessel was laid up until being sold for scrap in 2013 . The ship was renamed Ovi , the three middle letters of her last name , for her final voyage – a tow to a breakers yard in Aliağa , Turkey .