Capable of speeds up to 18.4 m.p.h., the Canadian Transfer was powered by a Sulzer type 5RND68 two stroke cycle, single acting 6,100 b.h.p. (4,487 kW) five cylinder diesel engine built in 1965 by Sulzer Brothers Ltd., Winterthur, Switzerland. The engine burned intermediate grade 180 fuel; the power being fed to a single controllable pitch propeller.

The vessel was equipped with an 800 h.p. (588 kW) bow thruster. Sixteen hatches fed into 4 holds where the vessel was capable of carrying 16,235 tons (16,496 mt) at its mid summer draft of 26’01” (7.95m). The carrier’s self unloading equipment consisted of a twin belt gravity fed system with roller track-type unloading gates and plastic linings throughout feeding a single bucket elevator to a forward mounted 250’ (76.2m) unloading boom that swung 90 degrees to port or starboard and discharged at a rate of up to 3,543 tons (3,600 mt) per hour.

After all hazardous and salvageable materials were removed from the Algoma Transfer, the ship was dismantled, and the materials recycled.

Work on the Algoma Transfer began in March 2014 and was completed December 2014.

Marine Recycling Corporation – 3A Lake Road, Port Colborne, Ontario