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ALGOMA EQUINOX

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IMO: 9613927
MMSI: 316009090
Call Sign: XJBH

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage

24,451GT

Deadweight

39,064DWT

Length Overall

225.55m

Beam

24m

Draught

8.1m

Year Built

2013

Overview

About This Vessel

Algoma Equinox is a lake freighter and lead ship of her class built for Algoma Central, a Canadian shipping company. The vessel was built to a new design by Nantong Mingde Heavy Industries at their shipyard in Tongzhou, China in 2013. The ship entered service in December 2013, operating in the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway.

Live Tracking

Current Position

Live AIS · 4 h ago

Track · last 8 d

Position

44.318°N · 75.951°W

Speed

10.4 kn

Course

52°

Status

Under way using engine

Destination BAIE COMEAUETA Oct 16, 01:00 PMLaden · 8.1 m

Where it waited most

Most time stopped at Hamilton: 5 d across 4 stays.

1
Hamilton5 d · 4×
2
Fort William3 d · 4×
3
Port of Montreal3 d · 11×
4
Thunder Bay22 h
5
Saint-Catharines8 h · 15×
6
Beauharnois2 h · 6×
7
Sarnia1 h
8
Port Weller1 h · 3×

Derived from the AIS track: runs of near-zero speed (anchored, moored or drifting) snapped to the nearest port. Builds up as we observe the vessel.

Underway to

Baie Comeau

CanadaAIS: BAIE COMEAU

Distance

427 nm

sea route

Off the port

16 Oct 2026

steaming at 10 kn

Likely alongside

17 Oct 2026

+36 h typical queue

Crew ETA

16 Oct 2026

Resolved from the live AIS destination. Distance is the real sea route (around land and through canals). “Off the port” is steaming time only; “likely alongside” adds the wait this port has actually kept comparable ships for. The queue is a typical case, not a promise — berth waits vary far more than they average. A destination is the crew’s stated intent, not a confirmed fixture.

Intelligence

Risk & Sustainability

Quick estimate · comparable sales

$18.4Mrange $15.1M to $20.5M

$472/dwt · 39,064 dwt · built 2013

high confidence · 59 comps

Comparable sales

Action Trader 2017 · $21MNord Santiago 2018 · $22MSider Athena 2013 · $17.5MSIDER ATHENA 2013 · $16MWESTERN MIAMI 2015 · $14.5MSATURNIA 2015 · $18.5M

Second opinion · model estimate±18% typical error

$16Mrange $14.8M to $18.9M

Value drivers & depreciation

How a hull like this loses value with age (today's market). The dot marks this ship at 13 yrs.

Typical bulker peer$25M

Age vs peer

−$1.7M

Size vs peer

−$7.2M

Model fit R² 0.42Typical error ±18%tested on 2,903 recent sales

A quick estimate: the median $/dwt of 59 similar-size, similar-age ships sold in the last 24 months, not re-timed to today's market. The full valuation blends several models over recent sales adjusted for size, age and market moves, so its consensus value can differ from this figure. Indicative, not a certified valuation.

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Risk scoreLow

84/ 100

Safety78

Compliance95

Environment78

Carbon intensity · estimatedD

This ship has no verified emissions report. We estimate a band D from its segment, size and age (78% confidence).

Estimate, not a reported figure. Within one band 94% of the time on reported peers.

Recent port calls

Hamilton
Oct 11, 2026
2.0 d
Hamilton
Oct 11, 2026
0.1 d
Hamilton
Oct 11, 2026
0.6 d
Beauharnois
Oct 10, 2026
0.0 d
Beauharnois
Oct 10, 2026
0.0 d

AIS-derived from our live feed.

Compliance

Safety Record

Marine casualties8

GroundingSerious
Jul 21, 2026Bay Point, ONTARIO (ON)
On 21 July 2026, the bulk carrier "ALGOMA EQUINOX" reported having run aground while departing from Sarnia, ON. The vessel was freed by the tugs "WELLAND" and "PRIDE" and resumed its voyage after the crew reported no apparent damage.
Near-MissMinor
Jun 9, 2025Babys Point, ONTARIO (ON)
On 09 June 2025, the bulk carrier "ALGOMA EQUINOX" reported having experienced close quarters situations with multiple fishing vessels in the St. Clair River, ON. The vessel used sound signals and altered course to avoid a collision.
Machinery FailureMinor
Aug 9, 2024Pointe Rouge, QUEBEC (QC)
On 09 August 2024, the bulk carrier "ALGOMA EQUINOX" reported having sustained a total engine failure in the St. Lawrence River off Matane, QC. The vessel proceeded to an anchorage off Baie-Comeau, QC for repairs.
Near-MissMinor
Jul 27, 2024Pointe aux Sables, QUEBEC (QC)
On 27 July 2024, the bulk carrier "ALGOMA EQUINOX", while under the conduct of a pilot, reported having experienced a close quarters situation with a sailing vessel in the St. Lawrence River off Trois-Rivières, QC.
Near-MissMinor
May 24, 2024Grassy Island, ONTARIO (ON)
On 24 May 2024, the bulk carrier "ALGOMA EQUINOX" reported having experienced a close quarters situation with a pleasure craft in the Detroit River, ON. The bulk carrier used sound signals and the pleasure craft maneuvered to avoid a collision.
GroundingModerate
Jun 26, 2023Pointe des Pères, QUEBEC (QC)
On 26 June 2023, the bulk carrier "ALGOMA EQUINOX", while under the conduct of a pilot, reported proceeding to an anchorage off Tracy, QC after having experienced the total failure of its engine. The issue was solved at anchor and the vessel resumed its upbound voyage.
Near-MissMinor
May 15, 2023Peche Island, Outside Provincial Boundaries
On 15 May 2023, the bulk carrier "ALGOMA EQUINOX" reported having experienced a close-quarters situation with an unknown fishing vessel while proceeding upbound and entering Lake St. Clair, MI, USA. The bulk carrier sounded signals, observed no reaction from the fishing vessel and maneuvered to avoid the collision before continuing on its voyage.
Machinery FailureMinor
Nov 21, 2022Pointe de la Durantaye, QUEBEC (QC)
On 21 November 2022, the bulk carrier "ALGOMA EQUINOX", while under the conduct of a pilot, reported having sustained a blackout in the Chenal des Grands Voiliers off Rivière Maheu, QC. The vessel proceeded back to the anchorage off Rivière Maheu, QC.

Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.

Operational Status

Activity

Under wayFix within the last day

Making way at sea speed on its latest broadcast.

Speed

10.4 kn

Nav status

Under way using engine

Last broadcast

within the last day

Hull age

13 yr

Read from the single most-recent AIS broadcast we hold for this hull. We keep no position history, so this is a point-in-time posture, not a dwell inference. Derived in-house from our own AIS feed; weight it by the broadcast age above.

Port calls

11 recent · AIS-detected

Arrivals, time in port and the load/discharge inferred from the draught change, detected from AIS track history. An open call means the vessel is still in port (no departure observed yet).

Beauharnois
no cargo change
→ · 2 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m
Saint-Lambert
no cargo change
→ · 2 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m
Beauharnois
no cargo change
→ · 2 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m
Thunder Bay
no cargo change
→ · 22 h in port· draught 7.1→7.1 m
Port Weller
no cargo change
→ · 2 h in port· draught 7.1→7.1 m
Beauharnois
no cargo change
→ · 3 h in port· draught 8.1→8.1 m
Sarnia
no cargo change
→ · 13 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m
Sarnia
op. unknown
In port since
Beauharnois
no cargo change
→ · 2 h in port· draught 8.1→8.1 m
Port Weller
no cargo change
→ · 3 h in port· draught 8.1→8.1 m
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 2 h in port· draught 8.1→8.1 m

Method: each call is a run of fixes inside a port’s geofence confirmed by a stop (or an AIS gap); load/discharge is the sign of the draught delta over the call. Indicative: arrivals before our AIS history began read from the first observation.

Where it waits

6 ports · 2.3 days total

Time-in-port summed by port from the AIS-detected port-call history: the ports this vessel has spent the most time at, longest first.

Thunder Bay· Canada
22 h
1 call · 22 h avg
Sarnia· Canada
13 h
1 call · 13 h avg
Beauharnois· Canada
9 h
4 calls · 2 h avg
Port Weller· Canada
5 h
2 calls · 2 h avg
Port Colborne· Canada
2 h
1 call · 2 h avg
Saint-Lambert· Canada
2 h
1 call · 2 h avg

Based on 10 completed calls observed since . Open calls (no departure yet) are excluded. The distribution sharpens as AIS history accrues.

Composite Risk

Risk Score

39/100

Moderate riskLow confidence40% component coverage

Some elevated factors (typically age or a lower-graded flag), but no acute ship-specific flag.

PSC detentionsno data

Sanctions exposureno data

AIS-gap & behaviourno data

Hull age32

Flag register50

A coverage-weighted blend of the 2 components we could read for this hull; the weights renormalise over only the components present, so a thin read is never inflated and a hull is never credited a “safe 0” for a signal it has no row for. This headline is flagged low-confidence (a thin or structural-only read) and should not be treated as a verdict. Higher means riskier. Derived in-house from government-open port-State-control, flag, sanctions and our own vessel data; weight it by the coverage above.

Estimated

Capacity & Classification

Cargo capacity at draughtMedium confidence

~39,064t at summer draught

Bulker · summer draught 8.1 m · 45.7 t per cm immersion

Estimated intake by draught

5.67 m~27,959 t

6.07 m~29,810 t

6.48 m~31,661 t

6.89 m~33,511 t

7.29 m~35,362 t

7.69 m~37,213 t

8.1 m~39,064 t

Estimate only: modelled from deadweight (deadweight regression) using a first-principles hydrostatic model, not measured hydrostatic tables. The design draught it is anchored to is unreliable across the fleet.

Type classification

Declared

Bulker

→

Inferred from size

Bulker

density DWT/GT=1.60 is consistent with declared bulker

DWT/GT 1.6Beam/LOA 0.106Declared type: Bulk Carrier

Declared type is consistent with the class implied by the vessel’s size signals. Inferred via our shared size-based classifier.

Full compliance dossier

Commercial

Voyage Planning

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Segment: Dry bulk
Deadweight: 39,064 DWT
Speed: 12.5 kn
Fuel 1 at sea: 22 t/day

Typical Handysize speed and burn. Replace them with the ship's own figures in the planner.

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