- IMO
- 9900605
- MMSI
- 316047946
- Call Sign
- CFA3565
Technical Specifications
Key Figures
Live Tracking
Current Position
Where it waited most
Most time stopped at Harmac — 3 d across 38 stays.
- 1Harmac3 d · 38×
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
Compliance
Safety Record
- TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinorJul 23, 2023Gabriola, BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC)
On 23 July 2023, the ferry "ISLAND GWAWIS" reported having sustained a total failure of its steering gear, switching to backup mode automatically on departure from Gabriola, BC. The vessel continued its daily schedule and the crew assessed the issue.
- TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinorJul 15, 2023Gallows Point, BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC)
On 15 July 2023, the ferry "ISLAND GWAWIS" reported having sustained a total failure of one of its steering systems while approaching Nanaimo Harbour, BC. The vessel berthed using its remaining system and with the assistance of the tug "CONUMA MASTER".
Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.
Operational Status
Activity
Stopped, anchored or moored on its latest broadcast — parked, not necessarily withdrawn.
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.
Composite Risk
Risk Score
No strong adverse signal on the components we could read for this hull.
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
Other · summer draught 2.3 m · 1.8 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.
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About This Vessel
MV Island G̲wawis is the sixth ferry in the Island class, owned and operated by BC Ferries. Built by Damen Shipyards in 2021, this vessel is part of the second phase of Island-class vessels. Island G̲wawis was launched as Island 6 on April 22, 2021, left Galați, Romania, on October 13, 2021, and arrived at Point Hope Shipyard, Victoria, British Columbia on December 23, 2021. On January 11, 2022, Island 6 was christened and renamed Island G̲wawis by BC Ferries Director of Fleet Operations and Strategy, and First People's Cultural Council Special Advisor Cathi Charles Wherry. "G̲wawis" means "raven of the sea" in the Kwakwaka'wakw indigenous language.
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