Great Lakes bulker Maritime Trader sold and renamed

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For those who follow the Great Lakes, the 1967-built Maritime Trader, IMO 6702301, has been sold to Lower Lakes Towing at bankruptcy auction and renamed Manitoba.  The venerable vessel is currently (July 30) at Hamilton, Ontario receiving repairs and repainting into the Lower Lakes paint scheme.

The Manitoba was built as the Mantadoc in 1967 and carried this name until 2002 when it was renamed the Teakglen.  As the Teakglen it spent its last years as a grain storage vessel in Goderich, Ontario. Refurbished and painted with a bright blue hull in 2005, the Maritime Trader was one of the older and more distinctive ships on the Great Lakes.

The Lower Lakes fleet is a veritable floating museum worthy of any ship lover's attention.  Fortunately their fleet is well documented on this site.