Baltic Mantis, a 655-foot Marshall Islands-flagged bulk ship, came down the North River and headed for sea and her next port of call in Texas on Thursday afternoon after departing the Port of Coeymans. Her last foreign port prior to Coeymans was in Egypt, and she may have brought road salt with her or loaded scrap in Coeymans for export, though other bulk cargos are possible too. By Sunday morning Mantis is approaching the Bahamas and aiming for the Gulf, no doubt keeping an eye on the hurricane currently moving west just north of Puerto Rico.