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HIGHLANDERS

Built by Fosen Yard in 2007

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IMO: 9331189
MMSI: 316019125
Call Sign: VYGT

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage

28,460GT

Deadweight

10,466DWT

Length Overall

200m

Beam

31.62m

Year Built

2007

Intelligence

Risk & Sustainability

Risk scoreMedium

77/ 100

Safety68

Compliance95

Environment68

Compliance

Safety Record

Marine casualties8

TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
Feb 25, 2026Channel Head, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR (NL)
On 25 February 2026, the ferry "HIGHLANDERS", with 130 people on board, reported a total failure of an auxiliary generator in Cabot Strait off Port-aux-Basques, NL. The vessel proceeded into the harbour and the crew investigated the issue alongside.
STRIKING - Allision with a fixed object (striking - includes berthed/docked vessels)Moderate
May 23, 2025Les Méchins, QUEBEC (QC)
On 23 May 2025, the ro-pax ferry "HIGHLANDERS" " reported losing propulsion due to a fouled propeller while leaving the dry dock in Les Méchins, QC. The ferry was moved back to the dock using a tug and mooring lines. The vessel sustained minor damage while redocking.
TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
Mar 25, 2021Long Point, NOVA SCOTIA (NS)
On 25 March 2021, the ferry "HIGHLANDERS" reported the failure of its shaft alternator due to a bearing issue.
TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
May 7, 2020Port-aux-basques, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR (NL)
On 07 May 2020, the ferry "HIGHLANDERS", with 70 people on board, reported a hydraulic oil leak from the bow thruster before departing the berth in Channel-Port aux Basques, NL. The bow thruster was taken out of service and the hydraulic tanks were drained.
PERSON SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED - In contact with any part of the ship or its contentsSerious
Jul 25, 2019Marine Atlantic Terminal, North Sydney, NS, NOVA SCOTIA (NS)
On 25 July 2019, the ferry "HIGHLANDERS", with 85 people on board, whiled docked in North Sydney, NS, reported that a crew member slipped and fell on deck and sustained a fracture as a result.
PERSON SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED - In contact with any part of the ship or its contentsSerious
Nov 25, 2018Sydney Harbour, NS, NOVA SCOTIA (NS)
On 25 November 2018, the ferry "HIGHLANDERS" reported that a stevedore sustained serious injuries while mooring the vessel in North Sydney, NS. The stevedore was medevaced to a local hospital.
TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
Jun 27, 2018Port-aux-Basques Harbour, NL, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR (NL)
On 27 June 2018, the ferry "HIGHLANDERS" reported a total failure of its starboard engine. The engine was re-started after leaving the harbour.
TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
May 24, 2017Port aux Basques, NL, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR (NL)
On 24 May 2017, the passenger ferry "HIGHLANDERS", with 85 people on board, reported being disabled with both engines unserviceable 27 nautical miles SSW of Port aux Basques, NL. The crew subsequently carried out the repairs and the vessel continued its voyage.

Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.

Composite Risk

Risk Score

44/100

Moderate riskLow confidence40% component coverage

Some elevated factors — typically age or a lower-graded flag — but no acute ship-specific flag.

PSC detentionsno data

Sanctions exposureno data

Dark-fleet signalno data

Hull age56

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

~10,466t at summer draught

Other · summer draught 7.12 m · 22.9 t per cm immersion

Estimated intake by draught

4.98 m~5,570 t

5.34 m~6,386 t

5.7 m~7,202 t

6.05 m~8,018 t

6.41 m~8,834 t

6.76 m~9,650 t

7.12 m~10,466 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 10,466 DWT · ~17 t/day · bunker @ live VLSFO.

Overview

About This Vessel

MV Highlanders (ex-MV Stena Traveller) is a Ro-Pax passenger/vehicle ferry operated by the Canadian Crown corporation Marine Atlantic. She operates between the islands of Newfoundland and Cape Breton in eastern Canada and is named after several Nova Scotian infantry regiments which fought in the first and second world wars. Largely built in Russia, her assembly was finished in Norway. As part of Stena Line she regularly ran between The Netherlands and the United Kingdom from 2007-2009. After being leased by Marine Atlantic, she was taken to Bremerhaven, Germany to be converted to better suit the North Sydney to Channel-Port aux Basques route, which she would be taking over. This conversion included the addition of a third bow thruster, increase and renovation of the passenger areas, and shortening of the vessel by 12m to help facilitate docking at Channel-Port aux Basques. She entered regular passenger service with Marine Atlantic in mid April 2011 shortly after her nearly identical sister ship MV Blue Puttees. In May 2015, Marine Atlantic announced that it had purchased both vessels from Stena for Can$100 million each.

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