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ARCTIC

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IMO: 7517507
Call Sign: VCLM

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage

20,236GT

Deadweight

26,440DWT

Length Overall

220.83m

Beam

22.92m

Year Built

1978

Intelligence

Risk & Sustainability

Risk scoreHigh

58/ 100

Safety38

Compliance95

Environment38

Compliance

Safety Record

Marine casualties8

TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
May 23, 2020Cap-aux-Oies, QC., QUEBEC (QC)
On 23 May 2020, the combination carrier "ARCTIC" reported the failure of its main engine 1.6 nautical miles from Cap-aux-Oies, QC, due to a leak on the fresh water cooling piping. The crew carried out repairs and the vessel resumed its intended voyage.
TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
May 21, 2020Québec, QC, QUEBEC (QC)
On 21 May 2020, the OBO carrier "ARCTIC" sustained a main engine failure whilst departing the port of Québec, QC. The crew carried out the repairs and the vessel later resumed its voyage.
TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
Jan 26, 2020Havre-Saint-Pierre, QC, QUEBEC (QC)
On 26 January 2020, the oil/bulk/ore carrier "ARCTIC" reported a problem with its steering gear 26 nautical miles South East of Havre-Saint-Pierre, QC. The vessel proceeded to Sept-Îles, QC using its non-follow up steering system to carry out repairs.
TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
Dec 12, 2018West point of Anticosti Island, QC, QUEBEC (QC)
On 12 December 2018, the OBO carrier "ARCTIC" reported a machinery failure and had to stop in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off Anticosti Island, QC. The crew carried out the repairs and the vessel resumed its voyage.
CARGO SHIFT/CARGO LOSS - Cargo lost overboardMinor
Aug 28, 2018Bay Deception Wharf, NU, QUEBEC (QC)
On 28 August 2018, the OBO carrier "ARCTIC" reported a spill of bulk cargo while loading in Bay Deception, QC due to a broken loading hose.
CARGO SHIFT/CARGO LOSS - Cargo shiftedMinor
Jul 18, 2018Québec, QC, QUEBEC (QC)
On 18 July 2018, the OBO carrier "ARCTIC" was loading general cargo in the Port of Québec, QC with its deck cranes when a cargo sling failed on one bag of cement. The bag fell into Cargo hold No.7, where stevedores were present. While no injuries were sustained by the stevedores present in the cargo hold, the crane operator was later diagnosed with nervous shock.
INTENTIONAL BEACHING/GROUNDING/ANCHORING to avoid occurrenceModerate
Aug 19, 2016Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, QC, QUEBEC (QC)
On 19 August 2016, the OBO vessel "ARCTIC" reported the failure of its main engine fuel supply system 2 nautical miles NE of Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, QC. The vessel proceeded to the anchorage, the crew carried out the repairs and the vessel resumed its voyage.
COLLISION - With another vessel or other floating objectSerious
Jan 24, 2016Charles Island, Hudson Strait, QC, QUEBEC (QC)
On 24 January 2016, the bulk carrier "ARCTIC" collided with the bulk carrier “NUNAVIK” while being escorted in ice, near the entrance of Deception Bay, Hudson Strait QC. There were no injuries or pollution reported; both vessels sustained damages.

Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.

Composite Risk

Risk Score

70/100

Elevated riskLow confidence40% component coverage

Multiple adverse factors, or a hard ship-specific signal, lift this hull above the fleet norm.

PSC detentionsno data

Sanctions exposureno data

Dark-fleet signalno data

Hull age100

Flag register25

A coverage-weighted blend of the 2 components we could read for this hull — the weights renormalise over only the components present, so a thin read is never inflated and a hull is never credited a “safe 0” for a signal it has no row for. This headline is flagged low-confidence (a thin or structural-only read) and should not be treated as a verdict. Higher means riskier. Derived in-house from government-open port-State-control, flag, sanctions and our own vessel data; weight it by the coverage above.

Estimated

Capacity & Classification

Cargo capacity at draughtMedium confidence

~26,440t at summer draught

Other · summer draught 9.45 m · 43.5 t per cm immersion

Estimated intake by draught

6.62 m~14,111 t

7.09 m~16,165 t

7.56 m~18,220 t

8.04 m~20,275 t

8.51 m~22,330 t

8.98 m~24,385 t

9.45 m~26,440 t

Design draught looks implausible for this class and size — the figures above are anchored to it, so treat them with extra caution.

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.

Commercial

Voyage Estimate

Load port

Discharge port

CargotFreight$/tFrom 26,440 DWT · ~24 t/day · bunker @ live VLSFO.

Overview

About This Vessel

Arctic was an icebreaking combination carrier built in 1978 at the Port Weller Dry Docks in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The ship was owned and operated by the Fednav Group. Arctic was sold for recycling in Aliağa, Turkey in April 2021. Designed to carry both oil and ore, the vessel is not only ice strengthened with a Finnish-Swedish ice class 1A Super, but has a CASPPR Class 3 or CAC 4 rating. This means it is powerful enough to navigate through many ice-covered waters without escort. Arctic previously serviced mines in the high Canadian Arctic such as Polaris and Nanisivik Mine. Once those mines closed she was shifted to service the Raglan mine in northern Quebec and the Voisey's Bay mine in Labrador. In addition in 1985 she became the first ship to export crude oil from the Canadian Arctic, from Panarctic Oils Bent Horn terminal. As part of the repairs following a grounding off of Little Cornwallis Island the ice strengthening in the sides and bottom was increased at Thunder Bay shipyard in 1984. In 1985-1986 in anticipation of the export of crude oil from Bent Horn Island in the high Arctic the ship received a new icebreaker bow and was converted to an OBO at Port Weller Drydock. This improved her icebreaking capability such that the ice class could be upgraded from CAC 2 to CAC 4.