NORTHERN EXPEDITION

Built by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in 2009

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IMO: 9408413
MMSI: 316014054
Call Sign: CFN5364

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage

17,729GT

Deadweight

1,853DWT

Length Overall

150.75m

Beam

23m

Draught

4.9m

Year Built

2009

Overview

About This Vessel

MV Northern Expedition is a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry operated by BC Ferries in British Columbia, Canada. She sails daily on the Inside Passage route connecting Prince Rupert and Port Hardy.

Live Tracking

Current Position

Live AIS · 5 h ago

Track · last 14 d

Position

50.753°N · 127.461°W

Speed

17.9 kn

Course

193°

Status

Under way using engine

Destination PORT HARDYETA Sep 1, 08:00 AMLaden · 4.7 m

Where it waited most

Most time stopped at Port of Prince Rupert — 5 d across 34 stays.

1
Port of Prince Rupert5 d · 34×
2
Bella Bella2 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

Risk scoreMedium

77/ 100

Safety68

Compliance95

Environment68

Recent port calls

Port of Prince Rupert
Aug 31, 2026
0.3 d
Port of Prince Rupert
Aug 29, 2026
0.1 d
Port of Prince Rupert
Aug 29, 2026
0.2 d
Port of Prince Rupert
Aug 27, 2026
0.1 d
Port of Prince Rupert
Aug 27, 2026
0.2 d

AIS-derived from our live feed.

Compliance

Safety Record

Marine casualties8

FireSerious
Dec 21, 2024Port Hardy Ferry Terminal, BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC)
On 21 December 2024, the roll-on roll-off ferry "NORTHERN EXPEDITION" with 51 persons onboard, reported a fire in the battery compartment of a truck on the main vehicle deck during discharging operation in Port Hardy, B.C. The crew extinguished the fire and operations resumed.
Machinery FailureMinor
Jun 25, 2024Ditmars Point, BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC)
On 25 June 2024, the ferry "NORTHERN EXPEDITION" reported having sustained a total failure of its car deck ventilation system in Tolmie Channel, BC. The crew addressed the issue and the vessel resumed its voyage.
Machinery FailureMinor
Jan 11, 2024Cape George, BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC)
On 11 January 2024, the ferry "NORTHERN EXPEDITION" reported having sustained a total failure of its port main engine in Hecate Strait, BC. The engine was restarted while underway and the vessel resumed its voyage.
Machinery FailureMinor
Dec 24, 2023Davenport, BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC)
On 24 December 2023, the ferry "NORTHERN EXPEDITION" reported having sustained a total failure of its port engine in Grenville Channel, BC. The crew assessed the issue while the vessel proceeded to its destination using its remaining engine.
Machinery FailureMinor
Jun 3, 2021Port Hardy, BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC)
On 03 June 2021, the passenger and vehicle ferry "NORTHERN EXPEDITION" reported its starboard engine having failed while approaching the ferry terminal in Port Hardy, BC. By using its port engine, the ferry was able to dock safely and the crew members subsequently carried out repairs.
Machinery FailureMinor
Jul 21, 2020Skidegate ferry terminal, BC, BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC)
On 21 July 2020, the passenger ferry "NORTHERN EXPEDITION" reported a machinery failure on its starboard engine near Haida Gwaii, BC. The vessel held off the dock using its port engine and thrusters until repairs were completed.
Machinery FailureMinor
Mar 15, 2020Ormistion Point, BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC)
On 15 March 2020, the passenger ferry "NORTHERN EXPEDITION" reported its starboard main engine disabled in Grenville Channel, BC. The vessel continued to Prince Rupert using its port engine.
Near-MissMinor
Oct 26, 2019Kwakume Point, BC., BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC)
On 26 October 2019, the passenger vessel "NORTHERN EXPEDITION", reported a close quarters situation with an aluminum vessel in Fitz Hugh Sound, BC. The passenger vessel took evasive action to avoid a collision.

Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.

Operational Status

Activity

Under wayFix within the last day

Making way at sea speed on its latest broadcast.

Speed

18.6 kn

Nav status

Under way using engine

Last broadcast

within the last day

Hull age

17 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

28 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).

Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 8 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 8 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
op. unknown
In port since
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 8 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 6 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 3 h in port· draught 4.0→4.0 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.0→4.0 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 m
Port of Prince Rupert
no cargo change
→ · 7 h in port· draught 4.7→4.7 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

1 port · 7.9 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 of Prince Rupert· Canada
7.9 days
27 calls · 7 h avg

Based on 27 completed calls observed since — open calls (no departure yet) are excluded. The distribution sharpens as AIS history accrues.

Composite Risk

Risk Score

49/100

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

AIS-gap & behaviourno data

Hull age48

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.

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