by magoonigal » Fri Dec 05, 2014 11:34 pm
Built by Yorkshire Dry Docks in 1989 as HOO BEECH.
794 Gross. 1,399 Dwt. Twin props 9 knots.
Became TEAL in 2006 and RIVER TRADER in 2009.
Registered owner TRADER MARINE LTD Care of Ionian Marine Shipping , 49, Methonis Street, 185 45 Piraeus, Greece.
Currently 25 years old, not bad for what was considered to be a seagoing barge.
Paul Hood. + WSS Tyneside Branch Hon Sec.