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The ''Algoma Navigator'' is a Canadian bulk carrier operated by Algoma Central.〔 Like other bulk carriers her potential cargos include: coal/coke, aggregates, slag, iron ore/oxides, salt, fertilizers, grain products, gypsum, quartzite, or sand. She has had three owners.〔 She was built in the United Kingdom, and was owned and operated by Cambay Steamship Company, from 1967 to 1975 as the ''Demeterton''. Even though she was built for ocean commerce she saw service on the St Lawrence Seaway.〔 Cambay enlarged her from to in 1969. When she was purchased by the Upper Lakes Group in 1975.〔 Upper Lakes renamed her the ''St. Lawrence Navigator''. In 1980 Upper Lakes lengthened and rebuilt the vessel. A new bow section was added, with a bow thruster. After the rebuild she was renamed the ''Canadian Navigator''. After the rebuild she was long -- the maximum length of a vessel that can fit in a St Lawrence Seaway lock. In 1997 a boom was added making her capable of self-unloading. Upper Lakes operated her from 1975 to 2011, when it sold its entire fleet to Algoma Central.〔 After her purchase she was renamed the ''Algoma Navigator''. She is powered by a single diesel engine, which can propel her at .〔 Several earlier vessels named ''Demeterton'' operated in the United Kingdom, one being sunk by a u-boat during World War II. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Algoma Navigator」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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