Self Discharging Bulk Carrier 🇨🇦 CanadaActive

SAGINAW

Built by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company in 1953

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IMO: 5173876
MMSI: 316004950
Call Sign: VYA2010

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage

14,066GT

Deadweight

19,377DWT

Length Overall

193.01m

Beam

21.95m

Draught

6.7m

Year Built

1953

Live Tracking

Current Position

Live AIS · 3 min ago

Track · last 11 d

Position

46.518°N · 84.377°W

Speed

0.0 kn

Course

139°

Status

Moored

Destination MELDRUM BAYETA Oct 17, 08:00 PMLaden · 5.7 m

Where it waited most

Most time stopped at Sarnia: 3 d across 6 stays.

1
Sarnia3 d · 6×
2
Sault Ste Marie2 d · 5×
3
Saginaw32 h · 6×
4
De Tour Village30 h · 2×
5
Calcite16 h · 2×
6
Bay City11 h
7
Hamilton11 h
8
Superior8 h
9
Port Colborne5 h
10
Saint-Catharines4 h · 3×
11
Goderich3 h
12
Sault Ste Marie1 h · 6×

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 scoreHigh

58/ 100

Safety38

Compliance95

Environment38

Recent port calls

Sault Ste Marie
Oct 15, 2026
In port
Sault Ste Marie
Oct 15, 2026
0.0 d
Rogers City
Oct 14, 2026
0.0 d
Calcite
Oct 14, 2026
0.0 d
Sault Ste Marie
Oct 14, 2026
0.0 d

AIS-derived from our live feed.

Compliance

Safety Record

Marine casualties8

Personnel CasualtySerious
Dec 14, 2025Sombra, ONTARIO (ON)
On 14 December 2025, the bulk carrier "SAGINAW" reported that a crew member was injured during cargo operations in Sombra, ON. The injured crew member was transported to a hospital by ambulance.
Machinery FailureMinor
Oct 2, 2025Harbor Beach, MI, USA, Outside Provincial Boundaries
On 02 October 2025, the self-discharging bulk carrier "SAGINAW", with 22 people on board, reported that the repair previously conducted on the steering system failed while transiting downbound on Lake Huron off Harbor Beach, MI, USA. The vessel proceeded to Sarnia, ON for the crew to perform the repairs then the vessel resumed its voyage. (See also M25C0262.)
Machinery FailureMinor
Sep 29, 2025Sterling Fuels dock, ON, ONTARIO (ON)
On 29 September 2025, the self-discharging bulk carrier "SAGINAW", with 22 people on board, reported a failure of its steering gear while unberthing from the Sterling Fuels dock in Windsor, ON. The crew carried out repairs, then the vessel resumed its operations.
Machinery FailureMinor
Aug 11, 2025Cockburn Island, ON, Outside Provincial Boundaries
On 11 August 2025, the self-discharging bulk carrier "SAGINAW", with 24 people on board, reported having sustained a total loss of power while transiting upbound on the Lake Huron. The crew regained power and the vessel proceeded towards the Sydney Smith dock in Sarnia, ON where the crew performed repairs.
GroundingSerious
Nov 23, 2022Sombra, ONTARIO (ON)
On 23 November 2022, the self-unloading bulk carrier "SAGINAW" reported having a crew member who had sustained a serious injury while the vessel was alongside in Sombra, ON. The crew member was disembarked and sent to the hospital.
FireModerate
Jun 24, 2022Windsor, ONTARIO (ON)
On 24 June 2022, the bulk carrier "SAGINAW" reported having issues with overheating equipment and fixed firefighting appliances were used in Lake St. Clair off Windsor, ON. The crew carried out repairs and the vessel continued its voyage.
Personnel CasualtySerious
May 31, 2022Thunder bay, ONTARIO (ON)
On 31 May 2022, the bulk carrier "SAGINAW" reported that one of its crew members had sustained a serious injury while preparing the vessel for its upcoming berthing in Thunder Bay, ON. The crew member was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Striking/AllisionSerious
Nov 20, 2021Goderich, ONTARIO (ON)
On 20 November 2021, the bulk carrier "SAGINAW", while leave the port assisted by a tug, reported having struck the berthed bulk carrier "FEDERAL EMS" in Goderich, ON. Minor damages to the "FEDERAL EMS" were reported.

Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.

Operational Status

Activity

Idle / at anchorFix within the last day

Stopped, anchored or moored on its latest broadcast: parked, not necessarily withdrawn.

Speed

0.0 kn

Nav status

Moored

Last broadcast

within the last day

Hull age

73 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

15 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).

Sault Ste Marie
op. unknown
In port since
Calcite
no cargo change
→ · 14 h in port· draught 5.7→6.2 m· low confidence
Sault Ste Marie
Discharged
→ · 9 h in port· draught 6.5→5.7 m
De Tour Village
Loaded
→ · 11 h in port· draught 5.7→6.5 m
Sarnia
Discharged
→ · 10 h in port· draught 7.5→5.7 m
Sarnia
no cargo change
→ · 12 h in port· draught 5.7→5.7 m
Calcite
no cargo change
→ · 15 h in port· draught 5.7→5.7 m
Goderich
no cargo change
→ · 4 h in port· draught 5.7→5.7 m
Bay City
no cargo change
→ · 13 h in port· draught 5.7→5.7 m
Sault Ste Marie
no cargo change
→ · 6 h in port· draught 6.4→6.4 m
Calcite
no cargo change
→ · 12 h in port· draught 6.4→6.4 m
Sault Ste Marie
no cargo change
→ · 10 h in port· draught 6.4→6.4 m
De Tour Village
no cargo change
→ · 21 h in port· draught 5.7→5.7 m
Sarnia
no cargo change
→ · 3 h in port· draught 4.3→4.3 m
Sarnia
no cargo change
→ · 2.0 days in port· draught 4.3→4.3 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

6 ports · 7.8 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.

Sarnia· Canada
3.1 days
4 calls · 19 h avg 1 discharge
Calcite· USA
40 h
3 calls · 13 h avg
De Tour Village· USA
32 h
2 calls · 16 h avg 1 load
Sault Ste Marie· Canada
25 h
3 calls · 8 h avg 1 discharge
Bay City· USA
13 h
1 call · 13 h avg
Goderich· Canada
4 h
1 call · 4 h avg

Based on 14 completed calls observed since . Open calls (no departure yet) are excluded. The distribution sharpens as AIS history accrues.

Composite Risk

Risk Score

74/100

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 age100

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.

Estimated

Capacity & Classification

Cargo capacity at draughtHigh confidence

~19,377t at summer draught

Bulker · summer draught 6.7 m · 36.4 t per cm immersion

Estimated intake by draught

4.69 m~12,056 t

5.03 m~13,276 t

5.36 m~14,496 t

5.7 m~15,716 t

6.03 m~16,937 t

6.37 m~18,157 t

6.7 m~19,377 t

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.

Type classification

Declared

Bulker

→

Inferred from size

Bulker

density DWT/GT=1.38 is consistent with declared bulker

DWT/GT 1.38Beam/LOA 0.114Declared type: Self Discharging Bulk Carrier

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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Commercial

Voyage Planning

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Segment: Dry bulk
Deadweight: 19,377 DWT
Speed: 12 kn
Fuel 1 at sea: 17 t/day

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