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Archive: January 2024 to December 2025, 28,207 passages. Seaway transits checked hourly. Last checked 2026-09-23 18:00 UTC — 14:00 EDT. NOAA publishes in quarterly batches, and the archive currently runs nine months behind.

Archive to December 2025 · Seaway checked 2026-09-23 18:00 UTC — 14:00 EDT

Fleet-matched vessel · Canada flag

Algocanada

Algoma Central · Tanker · 130 m. Range: Lakes and Seaway. 227 recorded passages across 5 chokepoints.

Last recorded passage

downbound at Welland Canal (Thorold)

16 Dec 2025, 03:11 EST — ±15 min · see the December 2025 log

This is an archive, not a tracker. The passage record runs January 2024 to December 2025 and ends at 31 Dec 2025. The public AIS archive arrives in quarterly batches and currently runs nine months behind. Nothing on this page tells you where Algocanada is today. Her last recorded passage was 16 days before the archive ends, and that gap is about the record, not necessarily about the ship.

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Specification

Dimensions and identifiers as broadcast over AIS; AIS-reported figures are self-declared by the vessel and are not a registry of record.
Name (AIS) ALGOCANADA
MMSI 316013215
IMO IMO9378591
Call sign CFN5193
Length overall 130 m (427 ft)
Beam 20 m (66 ft)
AIS vessel type Tanker - Hazard A (Major)
Hull type Tanker
Operator Algoma Central
Flag Canada

Passage record

  • 227 Passages January 2024 – December 2025
  • 5 Chokepoints of 7 monitored
  • 5 Jan 2024 First in archive UTC date
  • 16 Dec 2025 Last in archive UTC date

Where she was recorded

Season passage log

Local time at each chokepoint · grouped by month (UTC buckets)

Times are interpolated from AIS track samples, good to about fifteen minutes, and shown in each chokepoint's local time. A passage is a track crossing our gate line, not an official lock record.

2025 season

December 2025 5 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
16 Dec 2025 03:11 EST Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
14 Dec 2025 22:43 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
8 Dec 2025 12:45 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
3 Dec 2025 23:01 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
1 Dec 2025 13:20 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
November 2025 9 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
24 Nov 2025 01:19 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
21 Nov 2025 22:56 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
19 Nov 2025 05:01 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
16 Nov 2025 11:22 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
12 Nov 2025 03:08 EST Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
6 Nov 2025 17:36 EST Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
5 Nov 2025 17:43 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
4 Nov 2025 08:11 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
2 Nov 2025 23:29 EST Straits of Mackinac eastbound
October 2025 10 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
31 Oct 2025 12:00 EDT Straits of Mackinac westbound
30 Oct 2025 12:02 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
24 Oct 2025 22:14 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
24 Oct 2025 16:49 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
18 Oct 2025 23:19 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
15 Oct 2025 19:29 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
14 Oct 2025 04:15 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
9 Oct 2025 13:52 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
5 Oct 2025 07:57 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
3 Oct 2025 09:34 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
September 2025 11 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
29 Sep 2025 03:21 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
27 Sep 2025 10:38 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
21 Sep 2025 11:31 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
19 Sep 2025 02:24 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
16 Sep 2025 03:40 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
13 Sep 2025 19:05 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
11 Sep 2025 13:56 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
9 Sep 2025 11:34 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
8 Sep 2025 13:25 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
3 Sep 2025 04:11 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
2 Sep 2025 08:50 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
August 2025 7 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
27 Aug 2025 14:59 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
25 Aug 2025 23:40 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
22 Aug 2025 17:36 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
17 Aug 2025 02:15 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
14 Aug 2025 16:05 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
5 Aug 2025 09:03 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
1 Aug 2025 17:11 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
July 2025 11 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
31 Jul 2025 10:32 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
31 Jul 2025 00:21 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
30 Jul 2025 14:55 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
27 Jul 2025 00:23 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
24 Jul 2025 22:08 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
23 Jul 2025 04:00 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
10 Jul 2025 15:42 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
9 Jul 2025 15:14 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
8 Jul 2025 05:28 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
7 Jul 2025 13:25 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
6 Jul 2025 07:05 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
June 2025 7 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
26 Jun 2025 14:47 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
26 Jun 2025 09:35 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
23 Jun 2025 00:02 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
20 Jun 2025 13:13 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
14 Jun 2025 16:11 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
11 Jun 2025 17:48 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
7 Jun 2025 22:46 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
May 2025 7 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
27 May 2025 15:24 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
22 May 2025 01:47 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
19 May 2025 13:20 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
8 May 2025 09:07 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
7 May 2025 08:48 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
2 May 2025 09:55 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
2 May 2025 04:19 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
April 2025 9 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
29 Apr 2025 08:33 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
28 Apr 2025 19:25 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
24 Apr 2025 04:48 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
20 Apr 2025 02:13 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
19 Apr 2025 08:46 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
13 Apr 2025 12:49 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
11 Apr 2025 10:34 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
5 Apr 2025 17:49 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
5 Apr 2025 12:20 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
March 2025 11 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
31 Mar 2025 11:43 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
30 Mar 2025 23:22 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
30 Mar 2025 02:38 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
29 Mar 2025 00:56 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
23 Mar 2025 17:37 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
23 Mar 2025 12:23 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
19 Mar 2025 12:00 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
17 Mar 2025 04:28 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
14 Mar 2025 02:16 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
11 Mar 2025 09:29 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
28 Feb 2025 19:07 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
February 2025 7 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
22 Feb 2025 12:56 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
16 Feb 2025 10:26 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
14 Feb 2025 05:06 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
9 Feb 2025 11:38 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
7 Feb 2025 10:02 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
3 Feb 2025 11:04 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
1 Feb 2025 03:45 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
January 2025 12 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
27 Jan 2025 06:04 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
26 Jan 2025 09:53 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
25 Jan 2025 08:40 EST Straits of Mackinac eastbound
19 Jan 2025 12:10 EST Straits of Mackinac westbound
18 Jan 2025 13:03 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
18 Jan 2025 02:53 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
10 Jan 2025 14:43 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
9 Jan 2025 17:20 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
8 Jan 2025 23:48 EST Straits of Mackinac eastbound
6 Jan 2025 03:35 EST Straits of Mackinac westbound
5 Jan 2025 07:12 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
5 Jan 2025 01:25 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound

2024 season

December 2024 7 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
31 Dec 2024 13:41 EST Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
20 Dec 2024 21:17 EST Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
19 Dec 2024 21:25 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
17 Dec 2024 12:04 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
13 Dec 2024 07:38 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
8 Dec 2024 04:40 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
1 Dec 2024 13:41 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
November 2024 10 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
25 Nov 2024 16:55 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
20 Nov 2024 02:52 EST Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
18 Nov 2024 07:39 EST Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
15 Nov 2024 18:03 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
15 Nov 2024 04:49 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
14 Nov 2024 08:00 EST Straits of Mackinac eastbound
10 Nov 2024 17:21 EST Straits of Mackinac westbound
10 Nov 2024 00:35 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
9 Nov 2024 19:11 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
1 Nov 2024 22:00 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
October 2024 6 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
20 Oct 2024 04:08 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
17 Oct 2024 20:42 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
17 Oct 2024 11:38 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
14 Oct 2024 02:28 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
9 Oct 2024 19:13 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
7 Oct 2024 01:01 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
September 2024 5 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
29 Sep 2024 02:06 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
22 Sep 2024 10:50 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
20 Sep 2024 13:52 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
5 Sep 2024 13:09 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
4 Sep 2024 10:21 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
August 2024 10 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
31 Aug 2024 07:26 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
26 Aug 2024 03:13 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
25 Aug 2024 12:41 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
22 Aug 2024 03:12 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
18 Aug 2024 15:22 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
15 Aug 2024 22:48 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
4 Aug 2024 15:28 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
3 Aug 2024 15:25 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
2 Aug 2024 04:15 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
1 Aug 2024 11:57 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
July 2024 8 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
31 Jul 2024 08:30 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
20 Jul 2024 12:17 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
8 Jul 2024 22:45 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
7 Jul 2024 20:54 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
6 Jul 2024 15:42 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
3 Jul 2024 05:54 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
1 Jul 2024 19:03 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
1 Jul 2024 00:10 EDT Straits of Mackinac eastbound
June 2024 11 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
28 Jun 2024 22:48 EDT Straits of Mackinac westbound
26 Jun 2024 03:14 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
24 Jun 2024 08:56 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
21 Jun 2024 02:28 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
19 Jun 2024 16:34 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
15 Jun 2024 20:28 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
13 Jun 2024 16:01 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
13 Jun 2024 06:48 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
12 Jun 2024 22:25 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
8 Jun 2024 03:31 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
6 Jun 2024 09:00 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
May 2024 14 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
31 May 2024 08:24 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
18 May 2024 14:49 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
12 May 2024 17:14 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
11 May 2024 15:36 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
10 May 2024 21:13 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
10 May 2024 12:19 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
8 May 2024 05:17 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
8 May 2024 00:01 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
5 May 2024 19:41 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
5 May 2024 00:01 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
4 May 2024 14:13 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
3 May 2024 11:14 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
1 May 2024 16:52 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
1 May 2024 10:22 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
April 2024 12 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
27 Apr 2024 08:41 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
27 Apr 2024 03:17 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
26 Apr 2024 05:39 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
21 Apr 2024 17:47 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
20 Apr 2024 16:35 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
19 Apr 2024 16:30 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
17 Apr 2024 14:12 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
15 Apr 2024 12:25 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
10 Apr 2024 20:23 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
7 Apr 2024 09:12 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
4 Apr 2024 15:21 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
4 Apr 2024 07:31 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
March 2024 16 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
30 Mar 2024 09:00 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
30 Mar 2024 00:03 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
29 Mar 2024 12:02 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
28 Mar 2024 15:14 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
25 Mar 2024 23:04 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
25 Mar 2024 17:50 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
24 Mar 2024 23:35 EDT Straits of Mackinac eastbound
18 Mar 2024 06:41 EDT Straits of Mackinac westbound
17 Mar 2024 11:44 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
17 Mar 2024 03:34 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
13 Mar 2024 08:23 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
11 Mar 2024 12:59 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
8 Mar 2024 11:41 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
5 Mar 2024 14:25 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
1 Mar 2024 14:59 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
1 Mar 2024 09:27 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
February 2024 13 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
25 Feb 2024 09:45 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
25 Feb 2024 04:30 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
20 Feb 2024 23:42 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
20 Feb 2024 14:08 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
16 Feb 2024 05:49 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
14 Feb 2024 14:18 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
14 Feb 2024 00:04 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
12 Feb 2024 21:27 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
9 Feb 2024 12:03 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
9 Feb 2024 01:16 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
6 Feb 2024 04:49 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
5 Feb 2024 10:18 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
1 Feb 2024 20:33 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
January 2024 9 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
31 Jan 2024 13:00 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
27 Jan 2024 19:21 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
27 Jan 2024 04:42 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
23 Jan 2024 01:18 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
20 Jan 2024 16:48 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
16 Jan 2024 10:40 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
10 Jan 2024 17:32 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
5 Jan 2024 17:22 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
5 Jan 2024 01:36 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound