She carries dry cement to Great Lakes ports, and is named after prominent Canadian mining engineer Stephen Boleslav Roman.

Fort William was carrying 300 tons of calcium carbide which reacted with water to produce acetylene which then exploded.

The two ships collided head-on in Lake Huron, with Fort William only slightly damaged while Paul L. Tietjen was holed in her bow.

[2] In 1976, the vessel was transferred to Power Corp of Canada Ltd.[1] Fort William continued in uneventful service until December 17, 1977 when the ship ran aground in Maumee Bay at Toledo, Ohio.

Fort William's bow was damaged, and the ship was sent to Thunder Bay, Ontario for repairs at Port Arthur Shipyards.

[2] Due to increased competition from other methods of transport for packaged goods Fort William was laid up at Hamilton, Ontario in 1981.

Stephen B. Roman was the last of the Fairbanks-Morse-powered lakers and the final former CSL package freight fleet ship in service.