ABM DISCOVERY

• GroundingSerious
  Jun 16, 1999BUOY S6, FRASER RIVER, B.C., BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC)

  The "ALAM SELAMAT" was en route to sea from Fraser-Surrey Dock, British Columbia, under the conduct of a Canadian pilot when she made contact with an uncharted shoal in the channel near buoy S-6 on the Fraser River. The vessel sheered towards Steveston Jetty but her movement was stopped by the bridge team using propulsion, steering, and anchor. The pilot notified Marine Communications and Traffic Services of the bottom contact, and the master and crew carried out damage assessment. Neither injury nor pollution was reported as a result of this occurrence. Approximately three hours later, the "ALAM SELAMAT" weighed anchor and sailed. The vessel's classification society was not notified prior to the vessel leaving Canadian waters.

Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.

Bulker · summer draught 10.78 m · 45.7 t per cm immersion

Estimate only — modelled from deadweight (deadweight only) using a first-principles hydrostatic model, not measured hydrostatic tables. The design draught it is anchored to is unreliable across the fleet.

density DWT/GT=1.78 is consistent with declared bulker

Declared type is consistent with the class implied by the vessel’s size signals. Inferred via our shared size-based classifier.