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J.W. SHELLEY Rt WF. shetiey in Py St. Marys River, 2010. (Roger LeLievre) If there were a category for the most unexpected reprieve il Vessel Spotlight from the scrappers, it surely must belong to the J.W. Shelley. When the former Algoma Salih bull carrier Algocen was 10 an Eastern US. comps 05 for use as spoils barge, it was assumed that when that service mended the 1968-built bist dlras would up. However in a surprise move, the vessel was bought, refurbished and brought back to the Lakes for further trading under the banner of Vanguard Shipping (Great Lakes) in 2008.As JW. Shelley, named Algocen in 1971. been busy in the grain trade ever since. Launched on June 18, 1968 for the aft cabin design) balks carrier built at Collingwood Ship Algocen ees service on Sept. 20, 1968, She set a barley record at Superior, Wis,,on May 6, 1970, carrying 1,061,300 bushels, followed by a Great Lakes corn peat loading 1,014,000 bushels at Milwaukee, Wis., on Nov. 5, 1971.1n fact, she was the first vessel din excess of one million bushels of this product. On July 3, 1974, Algocen set a Great Lakes soybean record, loading 946,000 bushels of soybeans at Superior bound for Quebec City. The 2004 navigation season appeared to be Algocen's last, clearing Duluth with her final load on Dec. 18, bound for Port Cartier, Que. By January 2005, her new owner was Recycling Technologies, Inc.In 2008, her service as a spoils barge at an end, the vessel was re-registered Canadian under the new name JW. Shelley. After being towed from New Jersey to a Brooklyn, N.Y, shipyard for repairs, Shelley left on Aug. 30, 2008, under her own power bound for Montreal and the Great Lakes. It is believed that this voyage from New York to the Great Lakes was a first for any classic laker. - George Wharton 48