OTTAWA EXPRESS

• Machinery FailureMinor
  Mar 30, 2021Baie-Sainte-Catherine, QUEBEC (QC)

  On 30 March 2021, the container ship "OTTAWA EXPRESS", while under the conduct of a pilot, reported high exhaust temperatures on the main engine's unit no. 5 while transiting on the St. Lawrence River. The vessel continued its voyage at a reduced speed and berthed in Montreal, QC where the crew carried out repairs. On 03 April 2021, the vessel reported an oil leak on its unit no. 2 exhaust valve and a leakage on one of the mud hole covers of its composite boiler. The crew carried out repairs on the exhaust valve and the vessel was allowed to proceed to the anchorage in Trois-Rivieres, QC to carry out repairs on the composite boiler.

• Machinery FailureMinor
  Jul 4, 2020Port of Montreal,QC, QUEBEC (QC)

  On 04 July 2020, the container vessel "OTTAWA EXPRESS" sustained a power failure near the Port of Montreal, QC. The vessel dropped anchor and required the assistance of tugs.

• Machinery FailureMinor
  Dec 31, 2017Quebec bridge,QC, QUEBEC (QC)

  On 31 December 2017, the container vessel "OTTAWA EXPRESS" reported being disabled due to a main engine shut down by the overload safety, on the St. Lawrence River near the Quebec bridge, QC. The vessel drifted backward under the bridges and restarted its engine approximatively 40 minutes later. The vessel resumed its voyage under engine manual controls.

• Near-MissMinor
  Jun 21, 2005TRAVERSE ST ANTOINE, ST.LAWRENCE RIVER, QUEBEC (QC)

  On 21 June 05, in St Antoine Traverse on the St.Lawrence, a close quarters situation developed between the container ship CANMAR HONOUR and the sail boat BAGATELLE. The container ship had to carry out an evasive manoeuvre to avoid a collision.

Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.

Container · summer draught 9.8 m · 65.3 t per cm immersion

Estimate only — modelled from deadweight (hull geometry) 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=1.04 is consistent with declared container

Declared type is consistent with the class implied by the vessel’s size signals. Inferred via our shared size-based classifier.