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Self Discharging Bulk Carrier🇨🇦 CanadaActive

CSL NIAGARA

Built by Collingwood Shipbuilding in 1972

IMO
7128423
MMSI
316029000
Call Sign
VCGJ

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage
23,983GT
Deadweight
33,402DWT
Length Overall
222.51m
Beam
23.76m
Draught
8.4m
Year Built
1972

Live Tracking

Current Position

Live AIS · 1 d ago
Track · last 12 d
Position
46.117°N · 72.961°W
Speed
12.4 kn
Course
28°
Status
Under way using engine
Destination QUEBEC CITYETA Jun 30, 02:00 PMLaden · 8.0 m

Where it waited most

Most time stopped at Superior 11 h across 1 stay.

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    Beauharnois1 h · 3×

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

AIS-derived from our live feed.

Compliance

Safety Record

Marine casualties8
  • BOTTOM CONTACTMinor
    Jun 2, 2026Pointe aux Pins, QUEBEC (QC)

    *wtg 1808* On 02 June 2026, the bulk carrier "CSL NIAGARA", while under the conduct of a pilot, reported having made bottom contact while approaching section No. 14 of Sorel, QC. The vessel was secured and the crew reported no apparent damage.

  • PERSON SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED - In contact with any part of the ship or its contentsSerious
    Nov 1, 2025Johnstown, ONTARIO (ON)

    On 01 November 2025, the bulk carrier "CSL NIAGARA" reported that one of its crew members was injured while unloading cargo in Johnstown, ON. The Fire Department transported the injured crew member to a hospital.

  • STRIKING - Allision with a fixed object (striking - includes berthed/docked vessels)Serious
    Apr 9, 2025Beauharnois, QC, QUEBEC (QC)

    On 09 April 2025, the bulk carrier "CSL NIAGARA", reported having struck the lower wall of lock number 3 located in Beauharnois, QC while transiting the seaway upbound. The vessel anchored to assess the damages, major damage to the forepeak ballast tank was reported.

  • TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
    Jul 11, 2020Montreal, QC., QUEBEC (QC)

    On 11 July 2020, the bulk carrier "CSL NIAGARA" reported being disabled whilst transiting the St. Lawrence River abeam of section 94 in the Port of Montreal, QC. The vessel anchored, restored its propulsion power, and berthed at section 98. Repairs were carried out by shore technicians to the main engine control system and the vessel resumed its intended voyage.

  • GROUNDING - Under power (non-intentional)Serious
    Dec 18, 2019Chatham-Kent, ON, Outside Provincial Boundaries

    On 18 December 2019, the self-discharging bulk carrier "CSL NIAGARA" reported a bottom contact while following the North shore routing on Lake Erie. A breach was identified in the no.3 starboard ballast tank following the impact. The vessel proceeded to wharf 16 in Port Colborne, ON.

  • SUSTAINS DAMAGE RENDER UNSEAWORTHY/UNFIT FOR PURPOSE - Unfit for purpose - ice, weather, etc.Serious
    Apr 25, 2014Sarnia, ON, ONTARIO (ON)

    On 25 April 2014, the MV "CSL NIAGARA" reported two fractures in its hull in the vicinity of the engine room whilst transiting the St. Claire River off Sarnia, ON. The vessel proceeded to Erie, PA in order to carry out repairs. No injuries or pollution reported.

  • BOTTOM CONTACTMinor
    Apr 17, 2014Naubinway, MI, Outside Provincial Boundaries

    On 17 April 2014, the MV "CSL NIAGARA" made contact with the bottom after drifting whilst anchored on Lake Michigan off Naubinway, MI. The vessel proceeded to Sarnia, ON for an underwater survey and then to Erie, PA in order to carry out repairs in drydock. No injuries or pollution reported.

  • GROUNDING - Under power (non-intentional)Serious
    Nov 17, 2013SANDUSKY, OHIO, USA

    On 17 November 2013, the ''CSL NIAGARA'' ran aground while exiting Moseley channel into Lake Erie, off Sandusky, Ohio, USA. No injuries, pollution or apparent damage to vessel reported. The vessel was refloated with the assistance of three tugs.

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
Under way using engine
Last broadcast
within the last day
Hull age
54 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.

Composite Risk

Risk Score

70/100
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
Dark-fleet signalno data
Hull age100
Flag register25

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
~33,402t at summer draught

Bulker · summer draught 8.4 m · 49.1 t per cm immersion

Estimated intake by draught
5.88 m~21,022 t
6.3 m~23,085 t
6.72 m~25,148 t
7.14 m~27,212 t
7.56 m~29,275 t
7.98 m~31,339 t
8.4 m~33,402 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=1.39 is consistent with declared bulker

DWT/GT 1.39Beam/LOA 0.107Declared 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.

Commercial

Voyage Estimate

From 33,402 DWT · ~24 t/day · bunker @ live VLSFO.
CSL NIAGARA

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