William Lafferty wrote:She is a newbuild this year, placed in service recently by Navigation Maritime Bulgare.
Exactly. She is one of at least four "Huron" - type bulkers (like Canfornav's
Andean, Brant, Chestnut, Maccoa, Torrent, etc.) originally ordered by Eastwind Maritime for 2009 - 2010 delivery at the Shanhaiguan yard in China. Eastwind went under in 2009 and those newbuilds were divvied up between two different owners before the ships were completed.
The vessel in question was originally going to be named
Eastwind York, went to Fednav when Eastwind folded and was to become
Federal Yangtze, and finally took the name
Strandja when Fednav turned around and sold her and one of her sisters to Navigation Maritime Bulgare. Fairly certain she did not make her maiden voyage until after her resale to Navibulgar.
The other vessel sold by Fednav to Navibulgar started out as
Eastwind Yates and was completed as
Federal Pearl. She made at least one trip on the Pacific Ocean under that name, loading grain at a Columbia River port for delivery to the Far East. After the resale she became
Vitosha. Not sure whether she'll make it to the Lakes this year - she was due at Rosario, Argentina in late October, coming from the Indian Ocean.
One of the other new Huron-type bulkers originally intended for Eastwind has already visited Lakes:
Heloise made a transit in late Sept. / early Oct., unloading sand at Port Weller and loading wheat at Duluth for Italy.
[quote="William Lafferty"]She is a newbuild this year, placed in service recently by Navigation Maritime Bulgare.[/quote]
Exactly. She is one of at least four "Huron" - type bulkers (like Canfornav's [i]Andean, Brant, Chestnut, Maccoa, Torrent,[/i] etc.) originally ordered by Eastwind Maritime for 2009 - 2010 delivery at the Shanhaiguan yard in China. Eastwind went under in 2009 and those newbuilds were divvied up between two different owners before the ships were completed.
The vessel in question was originally going to be named [i]Eastwind York[/i], went to Fednav when Eastwind folded and was to become [i]Federal Yangtze[/i], and finally took the name [i]Strandja[/i] when Fednav turned around and sold her and one of her sisters to Navigation Maritime Bulgare. Fairly certain she did not make her maiden voyage until after her resale to Navibulgar.
The other vessel sold by Fednav to Navibulgar started out as [i]Eastwind Yates[/i] and was completed as [i]Federal Pearl[/i]. She made at least one trip on the Pacific Ocean under that name, loading grain at a Columbia River port for delivery to the Far East. After the resale she became [i]Vitosha[/i]. Not sure whether she'll make it to the Lakes this year - she was due at Rosario, Argentina in late October, coming from the Indian Ocean.
One of the other new Huron-type bulkers originally intended for Eastwind has already visited Lakes: [i]Heloise[/i] made a transit in late Sept. / early Oct., unloading sand at Port Weller and loading wheat at Duluth for Italy.