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Manitoulin joins the fleet Lower Lakes Towing's river-class self-unloading carrier Manitoulin arrived on the lakes via the Panama Canal from Chengxi Shipyards, Jiangyin, China, in late November 2015. The vessel was constructed by fitting a new bow and cargo section to the stern portion of the 1991-built saltwater tanker Lalandia Swan. A bow-mounted unloading boom adds versatility. Another former saltie, the 2007-built Spavalda, took up trading on the St.Lawrence Seaway in 2015 for McKeil Marine Ltd. She was renamed Evans Spirit in early 2016. new grain carrier, CWB Strongfield, had been expected to enter service in 2015 for the Algoma Central fleet, but her arrival in 2016 is uncertain due to a bankruptcy at the Chinese shipyard where she was being built. Meanwhile, her sister ship, CWB Marquis, has been renamed G3 Marquis in order to reflect a change of ownership from the Canadian Wheat Board to G3 Canada Ltd. (Global Grain Group). Janitoulin’s christening day in China in 2015 (below) and anchored for fuel in mek Philippines (right) before starting her long trip to Canada. (Lower Lakes Towing)