Algoma Central Corporation is a Canadian marine transportation company headquartered in St. Catharines, Ontario. Through its operating businesses and joint ventures, the company transports dry and liquid bulk commodities by ship for industrial, construction, agricultural and energy customers.
Algoma’s domestic fleet serves the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, moving cargoes such as grain, iron ore, salt, limestone, gypsum, coal and other bulk materials. Its services include self-unloading and conventional bulk shipping, as well as tanker transportation for petroleum products and other liquid cargoes.
The company also participates in international marine transportation through businesses and partnerships focused on cement carriers, short-sea shipping, ocean self-unloaders and product tankers. These operations extend Algoma’s reach beyond Canada to trade routes in Europe, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, Latin America and other international markets. Algoma Central traces its roots to 1899 and has developed from a regional transportation enterprise into a diversified marine shipping organization.
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