The
Maritime Trader, loading at Cargill, makes its first trip of the season.
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Captain Jim Perkins holds up awards; the Top Hat Award for first downbound vessel
in the Welland Canal, and Port of Duluthaward for first ship to transit the Seaway to arrive at Duluth.
"I've sailed 29 years and never won anything. Now I get two awards on one trip."
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Looking forward on the
Maritime Trader loading at Duluth.
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Loading spring wheat on the
Martime Trader.
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This first load of the season is destined for Baie Comeau on the St. Lawrence Seaway.
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2nd Mate Christian Petit and 3rd Mate Chad Billard confer about the vessel loading process.
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Wheelsman Manuel Cox takes sounding during the vessel loading.
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Longshoreman Rupert LaMont, Duluth, keeps an eye on the loading progress.
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Loading spout in hold of ship. The
Maritime Trader will load approximately 16,000 tons of spring wheat.
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Loading spout spreading grain in the hold of the
Maritime Trader.
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Chief Engineer Ben Broydell is one of the founders of Voyageur Marine Transport.
Chief Broydell begain sailing at the age of 14 when he worked on fishing boats in Newfoundland.
In 1970 he started on the Great Lakes, working as a 3rd Engineer on the bunkering barge
Gulf Central.
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Chief Engineer Ben Broydell and Captain Jim Perkins worked for many years
for Algoma Central Marine before
joining Voyageur Marine Transport.
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The
Martime Trader delayed loading while a record setting April nowfall in Duluth.
The crew had to use a snow blower to clear the hatch covers and decks of an estimated 1-foot of snow.
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The
Martime Trader at the Cargill dock at Duluth.
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The
Martime Trader departing Duluth for Baie Comeau. The
Trader is the former Paterson vessel
Mantadoc.
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