Algoma Equinox
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The Algoma Equinox is a lake freighter built for Algoma Central, a Canadian shipping company.[1][2] She was built in a shipyard of the Nantong Mingde Heavy Industries in Nantong, China. She is intended to be the lead ship of a class of eight vessels.
Algoma Central asserts that new design and new technology will make the new vessels 45 percent more energy efficient than her earlier vessels.[1] The Equinox will have self-unloading machinery, allowing her to use ports without cranes. The self-loading and unloading machinery consists of a conveyor belt below the holds, and a long boom with a converyer belt on deck. The boom can be swung outboard to Port or Starboard. Four of the new vessels will be built without self-unloading machinery.
Two of the new vessels will be owned by the Canadian Wheat Board, but operated by Algoma Central, on the Board's behalf.[2]
Each crew member has an individual cabin, with an en-suite washroom, and broadband internet, and satellite TV connections.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Betty Nguyen. Algoma: First Equinox Class Vessel Launched (Canada), Glob Maritime, 2012-12-25. Retrieved on 2013-06-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Algoma Invests in Great Lakes Shipping, Marine Link, 2011-03-23. Retrieved on 2013-06-22.
- ↑ Tour the Equinox Class, Algoma Central. “Individual cabins include modular washroom facilities for ease of use and cleaning plus each cabin is fitted with broadband internet and satellite TV.”