Self Discharging Bulk Carrier 🇨🇦 CanadaActive

FRONTENAC

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IMO: 6804848
MMSI: 316001834
Call Sign: VGNB

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage

17,808GT

Deadweight

26,365DWT

Length Overall

222.44m

Beam

22.97m

Draught

7.1m

Year Built

1968

Live Tracking

Current Position

Live AIS · 5 min ago

Track · last 14 d

Position

48.415°N · 89.221°W

Speed

0.0 kn

Course

41°

Status

Under way using engine

Destination THUNDER BAYETA Oct 14, 08:00 PMLaden · 7.0 m

Where it waited most

Most time stopped at Port Colborne: 4 d across 10 stays.

1
Port Colborne4 d · 10×
2
Thunder Bay40 h · 2×
3
Superior28 h · 9×
4
Port Weller22 h · 19×
5
Saint-Catharines20 h · 51×
6
Toronto17 h
7
Fairport16 h · 3×
8
Rouge River13 h · 3×
9
Nanticoke4 h
10
Sault Ste Marie1 h · 4×

Derived from the AIS track: runs of near-zero speed (anchored, moored or drifting) snapped to the nearest port. Builds up as we observe the vessel.

Intelligence

Risk & Sustainability

Risk scoreHigh

58/ 100

Safety38

Compliance95

Environment38

Recent port calls

Thunder Bay
Oct 14, 2026
In port
Fort William
Oct 14, 2026
0.0 d
Sault Ste Marie
Oct 13, 2026
0.0 d
Rouge River
Oct 12, 2026
0.4 d
Port Colborne
Oct 11, 2026
0.0 d

AIS-derived from our live feed.

Compliance

Safety Record

Marine casualties8

GroundingMinor
May 4, 2025Erie Canal, Fairport, New York, USA, Outside Provincial Boundaries
On 04 May 2025, the bulk carrier "FRONTENAC", was grounded intentionally following loss of the bow thruster while docking at Fairport, New York. The vessel went to anchor to trouble shoot the bow thruster issues and got underway later the same day.
Near-MissMinor
Nov 9, 2022Bassett Island, ONTARIO (ON)
On 09 November 2022, the self-discharging bulk carrier "FRONTENAC" reported a close quarters situation with an unidentified fishing vessel while navigating the Southeast bend of St. Clair River, ON. The vessel took evasive action to avoid collision.
GroundingMinor
Jul 4, 2021Thessalon, ONTARIO (ON)
On 04 July 2021, the bulk carrier "FRONTENAC" reported having made bottom contact while departing a dock in Thessalon, ON. No damage or pollution was reported.
Machinery FailureMinor
Jan 8, 2021Kingsville, ON, ONTARIO (ON)
On 08 January 2021, the bulk carrier "FRONTENAC" sustained an electrical power failure while transiting Pelee Passage, ON. The vessel anchored 7.2 nautical miles south of Kingsville, ON. The crew carried out repairs and the vessel later resumed its voyage.
Machinery FailureMinor
Aug 7, 2019Pointe-des-Monts, QC, QUEBEC (QC)
On 07 August 2019, the bulk carrier "FRONTENAC" sustained a failure of its propulsion cooling system off Pointe-des-Monts, QC. The vessel proceeded at reduced speed to Baie-Comeau, QC where the crew carried out the repairs. The vessel later resumed its voyage.
FireSerious
May 11, 2018Tobermory, ON, ONTARIO (ON)
On 11 May 2018, the bulk carrier "FRONTENAC" reported a fire on board off Tobermory, ON in the Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. The fire was extinguished by the crew.
Machinery FailureMinor
Oct 3, 2016Amherstburg, ON, ONTARIO (ON)
On 03 October 2016, in the Amherstburg channel, Detroit River, ON, the bulk carrier "FRONTENAC" sustained an engine failure due to a loss of compressed air control. The vessel regained control shortly afterwards and resumed its voyage. No pollution reported.
GroundingSerious
Oct 21, 2015St. Clair Shores, MI, USA, Outside Provincial Boundaries
On 21 October 2015, the bulk carrier "FRONTENAC" ran aground on the St. Clair River 8 nautical miles ENE of St. Clair Shores, MI, USA. The vessel is currently awaiting tug assistance.

Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.

Operational Status

Activity

Idle / at anchorFix within the last day

Stopped, anchored or moored on its latest broadcast: parked, not necessarily withdrawn.

Speed

0.0 kn

Nav status

Under way using engine

Last broadcast

within the last day

Hull age

58 yr

Read from the single most-recent AIS broadcast we hold for this hull. We keep no position history, so this is a point-in-time posture, not a dwell inference. Derived in-house from our own AIS feed; weight it by the broadcast age above.

Port calls

40 recent · AIS-detected

Arrivals, time in port and the load/discharge inferred from the draught change, detected from AIS track history. An open call means the vessel is still in port (no departure observed yet).

Thunder Bay
op. unknown
In port since
Rouge River
no cargo change
→ · 9 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m
Port Weller
no cargo change
→ · 3 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m
Fairport
no cargo change
→ · 24 h in port· draught 7.0→7.4 m· low confidence
Port Weller
no cargo change
→ · 2 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m
Port Weller
no cargo change
→ · 5 h in port· draught 7.1→7.1 m
Fairport
no cargo change
→ · 24 h in port· draught 7.1→7.1 m· low confidence
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 3 h in port· draught 7.1→7.1 m
Rouge River
no cargo change
→ · 3 h in port· draught 7.1→7.1 m
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 3 h in port· draught 7.1→7.1 m
Port Weller
no cargo change
→ · 5 h in port· draught 7.1→7.1 m
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 2 h in port· draught 7.1→7.1 m
Fairport
no cargo change
→ · 32 h in port· draught 7.1→7.1 m
Port Weller
no cargo change
→ · 2 h in port· draught 7.1→7.1 m
Port Weller
no cargo change
→ · 14 h in port· draught 7.1→7.1 m
Fairport
no cargo change
→ · 31 h in port· draught 7.1→7.1 m
Toronto
no cargo change
→ · 19 h in port· draught 7.4→7.4 m
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 13 h in port· draught 7.4→7.4 m
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 2.2 days in port· draught 7.4→7.4 m
Thunder Bay
no cargo change
→ · 16 h in port· draught 6.9→7.4 m
Rouge River
no cargo change
→ · 3 h in port· draught 6.9→6.9 m
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 37 h in port· draught 7.4→7.0 m
Fairport
no cargo change
→ · 25 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m· low confidence
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 2.2 days in port· draught 7.4→7.0 m
Thunder Bay
no cargo change
→ · 10 h in port· draught 7.0→7.2 m
Port Weller
no cargo change
→ · 6 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m
Fairport
no cargo change
→ · 23 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 7.5→7.5 m
Fairport
no cargo change
→ · 25 h in port· draught 7.0→7.5 m
Thunder Bay
no cargo change
→ · 20 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 5 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m
Port Weller
no cargo change
→ · 3 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m
Port Weller
no cargo change
→ · 2 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 2 h in port· draught 7.5→7.5 m
Alexandria Bay
no cargo change
→ · 15 h in port· draught 7.5→7.1 m· low confidence
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 17 h in port· draught 7.3→7.1 m
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 23 h in port· draught 7.3→7.1 m
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 35 h in port· draught 7.3→7.1 m
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 47 h in port· draught 7.3→7.1 m
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 2.1 days in port· draught 7.3→7.1 m

Method: each call is a run of fixes inside a port’s geofence confirmed by a stop (or an AIS gap); load/discharge is the sign of the draught delta over the call. Indicative: arrivals before our AIS history began read from the first observation.

Where it waits

7 ports · 28.0 days total

Time-in-port summed by port from the AIS-detected port-call history: the ports this vessel has spent the most time at, longest first.

Port Colborne· Canada
14.7 days
15 calls · 23 h avg
Fairport· USA
7.7 days
7 calls · 26 h avg
Thunder Bay· Canada
46 h
3 calls · 15 h avg
Port Weller· Canada
41 h
9 calls · 5 h avg
Toronto· Canada
19 h
1 call · 19 h avg
Rouge River· USA
15 h
3 calls · 5 h avg
Alexandria Bay· USA
15 h
1 call · 15 h avg

Based on 39 completed calls observed since . Open calls (no departure yet) are excluded. The distribution sharpens as AIS history accrues.

Composite Risk

Risk Score

74/100

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

AIS-gap & behaviourno data

Hull age100

Flag register50

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 draughtHigh confidence

~26,365t at summer draught

Bulker · summer draught 7.1 m · 46.2 t per cm immersion

Estimated intake by draught

4.97 m~16,528 t

5.32 m~18,167 t

5.68 m~19,807 t

6.03 m~21,446 t

6.39 m~23,086 t

6.74 m~24,725 t

7.1 m~26,365 t

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

Type classification

Declared

Bulker

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Inferred from size

Bulker

density DWT/GT=1.48 is consistent with declared bulker

DWT/GT 1.48Beam/LOA 0.103Declared type: Self Discharging Bulk Carrier

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

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Segment: Dry bulk
Deadweight: 26,365 DWT
Speed: 12.5 kn
Fuel 1 at sea: 22 t/day

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