NORTHUMBERLAND

Built by Vard Brattvaag in 2007

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IMO: 9344758
MMSI: 316009113
Call Sign: CFA4610

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage

6,904GT

Deadweight

1,025DWT

Length Overall

129.8m

Beam

19.9m

Draught

4.3m

Year Built

2007

Overview

About This Vessel

MV Northumberland is a Canadian RORO ferry which operates on a seasonal basis between Caribou, Nova Scotia and Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island from May to December. It is operated by Northumberland Ferries Limited (NFL). The vessel is owned by the Government of Canada and was acquired as an interim replacement following the loss of MV Holiday Island in 2022.

Intelligence

Risk & Sustainability

Risk scoreMedium

77/ 100

Safety68

Compliance95

Environment68

Compliance

Safety Record

Marine casualties2

FireSerious
Aug 29, 2025Caribou, NOVA SCOTIA (NS)
On 29 August 2025, the ferry "NORTHUMBERLAND" reported a galley appliance fire while secured in Caribou, NS. The crew extinguished the fire, and the passengers and vehicles were disembarked as a precaution. Minor damages were assessed.
Machinery FailureMinor
Jul 9, 2025Bell Point, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (PE)
On 09 July 2025, the ferry "NORTHUMBERLAND" reported having sustained a total failure of its electrical power supply system causing a loss of propulsion in Northumberland Strait off Wood Islands, PE. The vessel regained its electrical power, and the propulsion was restored before resuming the voyage.

Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.

Composite Risk

Risk Score

54/100

Elevated riskLow confidence40% component coverage

Multiple adverse factors, or a hard ship-specific signal, lift this hull above the fleet norm.

PSC detentionsno data

Sanctions exposureno data

AIS-gap & behaviourno data

Hull age56

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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