
Technical Specifications
Live Tracking
Most time stopped at Port of Vancouver — 5 d across 2 stays.
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
AIS-derived from our live feed.
Compliance
On 24 June 2024, the ferry "NORTHERN SEA WOLF" reported having sustained a total failure of its starboard engine while secured in McLoughlin Bay, BC. The vessel proceeded to Port Hardy, BC for repairs.
On 14 August 2023, the ferry "NORTHERN SEA WOLF", with 91 people on board, reported having experienced a close-quarters situation with two pleasure crafts in Fitz Hugh Sound, BC. The ferry took evasive action to avoid a collision.
On 06 August 2022, the passenger ferry "NORTHERN SEA WOLF" reported its port engine as not operational in Gordon Channel off Pine Island, BC. The vessel continued its voyage to Port Hardy, BC using its starboard engine and docked with the assistance of a tug.
On 25 July 2022, the ro-ro ferry "NORTHERN SEA WOLF" reported its port engine as unserviceable in Burke Channel off Hvidsten Point, BC. The ferry continued its voyage while the crew affected repairs.
On 21 August 2021, the passenger and vehicle ferry "NORTHERN SEA WOLF" reported a leakage of its starboard main engine fuel line, 6.75 nautical miles W of Greaves Island, BC. The ferry safely proceeded to Port Hardy, BC on its port main engine and the crew members carried out repairs.
On 14 August 2021, the passenger ferry "NORTHERN SEA WOLF" reported the failure of its port engine in Fitz Hugh Sound near Calvert Island, BC. The vessel continued on its voyage to Port Hardy, BC using one engine.
On 21 July 2021, the passenger ferry "NORTHERN SEA WOLF" reported sustaining a starboard main engine machinery failure while transiting Fitz Hugh Sound off Hecate Island, BC. The crew carried out repairs and the vessel resumed its voyage.
On 21 June 2021, the passenger ferry "NORTHERN SEA WOLF" reported a starboard engine machinery failure while transiting the Kwakshua Channel near Kwakume Point, BC. The crew carried out repairs and the vessel continued on its voyage.
Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.
Operational Status
Stopped, anchored or moored on its latest broadcast — parked, not necessarily withdrawn.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
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.

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