
Technical Specifications
Overview
Trans-St-Laurent is a ferry built in 1963 by the Davie Shipbuilding Company at Lauzon, Quebec, Canada. It was launched to meet the growing demand in Quebec for the Rivière-du-Loup–Saint-Siméon ferry route across the Saint Lawrence River. This ferry has been a critical transport link, connecting the Bas-Saint-Laurent region with Charlevoix.
Intelligence
Compliance
On 13 August 2023, the ferry "TRANS-ST-LAURENT" reported a total failure of one of its generators while alongside in Rivière-du-Loup, QC. The vessel remained secured at the wharf and repairs were planned.
On 21 June 2022, the ferry "TRANS-ST-LAURENT" reported experiencing electrical issues with one of its main generators while berthed in Rivière-du-Loup, QC. The crew carried out repairs and the vessel continued its voyage.
On 10 June 2021, the ferry "TRANS-ST-LAURENT" reported sustaining a propulsion failure and needing to anchor, 3.5 nautical miles SE of Saint-Siméon, QC. The crew carried out repairs which allowed the vessel to resume its voyage.
On 04 January 2021, the ropax ferry "TRANS-ST-LAURENT" allided with a caisson and the dock while manoeuvring to lay up the vessel at section No. 14 in the Port of Québec, QC.
On 23 December 2019, the passenger ferry "TRANS-ST-LAURENT" struck the dock while berthing in Rivière-du-Loup, QC. The vessel and the dock sustained minor damage.
On 16 July 2018, during the overnight stoppage at the dock in Rivière-du-Loup, QC, the RoPax ferry "TRANS-ST-LAURENT" reported 2 crew members being injured while attempting to move a tanker truck on the vehicle deck of the ferry. The 2 injured crew members were medevaced and the truck driver was given first aid on board by the paramedics.
Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.
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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