Canadian carrier adds mystery ship

Canadian carrier adds mystery ship    Short sea shipping operator Great Lakes Feeder Lines, which operates between Halifax, Montreal, Lake Ontario and other ports carrying both containers, breakbulk and heavy lift cargo, has added a second ship to its fleet, the Arctic Sea.
   Like the carrier’s existing ship, Dutch Runner, the Arctic Sea will be used to move cargo in the Great Lakes and along the East Coast of Canada and the United States. The company took delivery of the ship last week in Malta and it is carrying a load of cargo from Greece to Quebec as it repositions.
   The ship achieved notoriety last year when it was reportedly hijacked in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden while on a routine voyage carrying timber from Finland to Algeria.
   After authorities lost contact with the ship, it was found several weeks later in the Cape Verde Islands off the West Coast of Africa.
   At the time there was widespread speculation that the ship might be carrying arms or other dangerous cargo.
   Russian authorities said the ship was hijacked by thugs who beat the crew, but many observers were never satisfied with the explanation. A January article in the Financial Times called it one of the mysteries of the past decade.