- IMO
- 6714586
- MMSI
- 316001701
- Call Sign
- VGWM
Technical Specifications
Key Figures
Live Tracking
Current Position
Where it waited most
Most time stopped at Nanticoke — 22 h across 1 stay.
- 1Nanticoke22 h
- 2Hamilton19 h
- 3Saint-Catharines7 h · 11×
- 4Port Dover3 h
- 5Port Weller1 h · 2×
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
- ClarksonIn portJul 1, 2026
- Port Weller0.0 dJul 1, 2026
- Saint-Catharines0.0 dJul 1, 2026
- Saint-Catharines0.2 dJul 1, 2026
- Saint-Catharines0.0 dJun 30, 2026
AIS-derived from our live feed.
Compliance
Safety Record
- STRIKING - Allision with a fixed object (striking - includes berthed/docked vessels)SeriousOct 19, 2024Bath, ONTARIO (ON)
On 19 October 2024, the bulk carrier "JOHN D. LEITCH" reported having struck a mooring dolphin while berthing in Bath, ON. Once the vessel was secured, the crew lowered a punt and assessed the damages.
- STRIKING - Allision with a fixed object (striking - includes berthed/docked vessels)SeriousApr 30, 2022Québec, QUEBEC (QC)
On 30 April 2022, the bulk carrier "JOHN D. LEITCH", while berthing under the conduct of a pilot, reported striking a dock at section 52 of the Port of Quebec in Québec, QC. The vessel and the dock sustained minor damage.
- COLLISION - Struck by vesselModerateFeb 16, 2022Goderich, ONTARIO (ON)
On 16 February 2022, the tug "OCEAN A. GAUTHIER" reported having collided with the unloading boom of the berthed bulk carrier "JOHN D. LEITCH" in Goderich, ON. Damage to the tug was reported.
- BOTTOM CONTACTMinorSep 22, 2021Thorold, ONTARIO (ON)
On 22 September 2021, the bulk carrier "JOHN D. LEITCH", reported having made bottom contact in in the Welland Canal, ON. The vessel docked in Thorold, ON, to assess damage and carry out repairs.
- BOTTOM CONTACTMinorAug 28, 2021South Shore Canal, QC, QUEBEC (QC)
On 28 August 2021, the bulk carrier "JOHN D. LEITCH" reported making bottom contact due to bank suction in the South Shore Canal, near Kahnawake, QC.
- TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinorApr 2, 2021Burlington, ONTARIO (ON)
On 02 April 2021, the bulk carrier "JOHN D. LEITCH" reported being disabled off Burlington, ON due to the overheating of its propeller shaft bearing. The vessel was brought alongside Hamilton, ON under tow.
- COLLISION - Struck by vesselModerateApr 14, 2020Welland Canal, Thorold, ON, ONTARIO (ON)
On 14 April 2020, the upbound bulk carrier "JOHANNA G" collided port-to-port with the moored downbound bulk carriers "FEDERAL CHURCHILL" and "JOHN D. LEITCH" whilst exiting the Welland Canal's Lock No.7 in Thorold, ON. The vessel dropped both anchors and sustained damage to some of its fairleads.
- TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinorOct 4, 2018Beauharnois, QC, QUEBEC (QC)
On 04 October 2018, the bulk carrier "JOHN D. LEITCH" reported a problem with the main engine while transiting the Beauharnois locks off Beauharnois, QC. The vessel continued upbound. On 06 October 2018, the vessel was secured at the Welland Canal north wall for repairs.
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.
Port calls
3 recent · AIS-detectedArrivals, 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).
- op. unknownIn port since
- no cargo change→ · 3 h in port· draught 7.6→7.6 m
- no cargo change→ · 2 h in port· draught 7.6→7.6 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
2 ports · 5 h totalTime-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 Weller· Canada3 h1 call · 3 h avg
- Port Colborne· Canada2 h1 call · 2 h avg
Based on 2 completed calls observed since — open calls (no departure yet) are excluded. The distribution sharpens as AIS history accrues.
Composite Risk
Risk Score
Multiple adverse factors, or a hard ship-specific signal, lift this hull above the fleet norm.
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
Bulker · summer draught 6.8 m · 39.1 t per cm immersion
Estimate only — modelled from deadweight (deadweight regression) using a first-principles hydrostatic model, not measured hydrostatic tables. The design draught it is anchored to is unreliable across the fleet.
density DWT/GT=1.39 is consistent with declared bulker
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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