Ro-Ro or Passenger Ship🇨🇦 CanadaActive

CONFEDERATION

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IMO: 9050008
MMSI: 316001077
Call Sign: CFD6824

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage

8,060GT

Deadweight

1,586DWT

Length Overall

114.2m

Beam

18.77m

Year Built

1993

Intelligence

Risk & Sustainability

Risk scoreHigh

58/ 100

Safety38

Compliance95

Environment38

Compliance

Safety Record

Marine casualties7

SUSTAINS DAMAGE RENDER UNSEAWORTHY/UNFIT FOR PURPOSE - Unfit for purpose - ice, weather, etc.Serious
Jan 5, 2026Rosebank Point, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (PE)
On 05 January 2026, the ferry "CONFEDERATION" reported its keel cooler was damaged while being escorted by the Canadian Coast Guard Ship "ANN HARVEY" in the ice covered waters of Charlottetown Harbour, PE. The vessel proceeded to the wharf for repairs.
STRIKING - Allision with a fixed object (striking - includes berthed/docked vessels)Serious
Sep 15, 2024Wood Islands ferry terminal, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (PE)
On 15 September 2024, the roll-on/roll-off passenger ferry "CONFEDERATION," with 158 people on board, struck the dock while approaching Wood Islands, PE. It was found that the propulsion system on the end closest to the dock was declutched. The strike damaged the Wood Islands bow. The vessel offloaded from the undamaged end. No injuries or pollution were reported.
GROUNDING - Not under power (includes drifting) (non-intentional)Serious
Sep 4, 2022Munroes Island (Caribou-Munroes Island Provincial Park), NOVA SCOTIA (NS)
On 04 September 2022, the passenger and vehicle ferry "CONFEDERATION", with 217 passengers on board, sustained a rudder failure and grounded while leaving Caribou, NS. The vessel refloated and, with the assistance of the Canadian Coast Guard Cutter "CAPE SPRY", returned to the dock in Caribou.
PERSON SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED - In contact with any part of the ship or its contentsSerious
Jun 19, 2022Gull Point, NOVA SCOTIA (NS)
On 19 June 2022, the ro-ro ferry "CONFEDERATION" reported one of its passengers as having sustained a minor injury while in Caribou Channel off Caribou, NS. Nearby passengers tended to the injured individual until an ambulance met the ferry at the dock in Wood Islands, PE.
BOTTOM CONTACTMinor
May 25, 2021Wood Island, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (PE)
On 25 May 2021, the ferry "CONFEDERATION", with 27 people on board, reported making bottom contact while leaving the ferry terminal in Wood Island, PE. No apparent damage, injuries or pollution was reported as a result of the occurrence.
BOTTOM CONTACTMinor
Oct 25, 2018Wood Islands, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (PE)
On 25 October 2018, the ferry "CONFEDERATION", with 111 people on board, made contact with the bottom while approaching Wood Islands, PE. There was no apparent damage, no injuries nor pollutants released as a result of this contact.
STRIKING - Allision with a fixed object (striking - includes berthed/docked vessels)Serious
Jul 6, 2018Woods Island ferry terminal, PE., PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (PE)
On 06 July 2018, the ferry "CONFEDERATION", with 365 people on board, struck the wharf while coming alongside in high winds at Wood Islands, PE. Minor damage was reported to the vessel and to a dock fender.

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

~1,586t at summer draught

Other · summer draught 4 m · 6.2 t per cm immersion

Estimated intake by draught

2.8 m~839 t

3 m~964 t

3.2 m~1,088 t

3.4 m~1,213 t

3.6 m~1,337 t

3.8 m~1,462 t

4 m~1,586 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.

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