Algoma Central Corporation is a provider of marine transportation that owns and operates the fleet of dry and liquid bulk carriers operating on the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Seaway, including self-unloading dry-bulk carriers, gearless dry-bulk carriers and product tankers. It also owns and operates ocean-going self-unloading dry bulk vessels trading in international markets and holds a 50% interest in global joint ventures that own diversified portfolios of dry and liquid bulk fleets operating internationally. It provides operational management for other vessels. Its business units include the Domestic Dry-Bulk segment, which includes 19 Canadian dry-bulk carriers, serving a variety of industrial sectors, including iron and steel producers, aggregate producers, cement and building material producers, salt producers, and agricultural product distributors; the Product Tankers fleet, Ocean Self-Unloaders segment, the Global Short Sea Shipping segment and the corporate segment.