Hey Marty..
I went to the Mission editor, and "Killed" some of the static, and AI traffic..this helped.  However, in free roam, if I start, right after a mission, the vessel will not show up...   I must close out, and restart the Sim for it to work, and the program to work properly.  I must say..I will do anything to get this ship to run, I have been waiting for a long time for a "Bulker".  Any Ideas would be great.  Everything else works great, and I am up to date, on XP with a DELL XPS 600, 4 GB, an an Ividia 9400 graphics card.  61 percent free on memory...
R/
Galen