FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“MINERAL TRADER” / reg. Nassau, passing Hook of Holland, 19 April 2001, on her way from Rotterdam for sea.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: Bulker
IMO NO: 8128157
16 282 gt / 9377 nt / 25 321 mdwt
Delivered from Varna Shipyard (Georgi Dimitrov), Varna / Bulgaria (Yard no 148), in 1982.
Name, owner and flag history:
- 25/01/1982 – Keel laid.
- 28/03/1982 – Launched.
- 30/08/1982 – Completed.
- “JUVENTIA” from delivery in 1982 until 1988
- From 1982 until 1987 – Owned by Cement Merchants SA. (Panama flag)
- From 1987 until 1988 – Owned by Transocean Liners Reederei GmbH. (Panama flag)
- “CHRISTANE” from 1988 until 07/2000
- From 1988 until 2000 – Owned by Christiane Shipping Ltd. (Panama flag)
- “MINERAL TRADER” from 07/2000 until 09/2003
- From 07/2000 until 2003 – Owned by Karmaton Finance Ltd. (Bahamas flag)
- “M TRADER” from 09/2003 until 08/2004
- Owned by Barclay Shipping Ltd., Greece.
- “FREE DESTINY” from 08/2004 until breaking in 2010
- From 2004 – Owned by Adventure Two SA., Marshall Islands.
- From 08/2004 – Marshall Islands flag.
- From 11/2009 – Liberia flag.
- 24/08/2010 – Arrived ship breakers in Alang / India, as her final destination.
- 27/08/2010 – Work began
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