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LEIF ERICSON

Built by Fosen Yard in 1991

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IMO: 8917388
MMSI: 316001216
Call Sign: VOCJ

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage

18,523GT

Deadweight

4,598DWT

Length Overall

158m

Beam

24.3m

Year Built

1991

Intelligence

Risk & Sustainability

Risk scoreHigh

58/ 100

Safety38

Compliance95

Environment38

Compliance

Safety Record

Marine casualties8

FIRESerious
Aug 2, 2024North Sydney, NOVA SCOTIA (NS)
On 02 August 2024, the ferry "LEIF ERICSON", with 96 people on board, reported having sustained a fire on one of its shaft generators prior to departure from North Sydney, NS. The crew extinguished the fire and isolated the damaged generator before resuming their voyage.
RISK OF COLLISION (near collision) - With another vessel or other floating objectMinor
May 23, 2024Low Point, NOVA SCOTIA (NS)
On 23 May 2024, the ferry "LEIF ERICSON", with 49 people on board, reported having experienced a close quarters situation with the fishing vessel "BLACK CLOUD" while proceeding outbound from Sydney Harbour, NS.
FIRESerious
Dec 2, 2023Pointe de l'Est, QUEBEC (QC)
On 02 December 2023, the ferry "LEIF ERICSON", with 45 people on board, reported having sustained an electrical fire in one of its bridge power supplies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, QC. The crew extinguished the fire and the vessel resumed its voyage.
RISK OF COLLISION (near collision) - With another vessel or other floating objectMinor
Nov 12, 2023Cape Smokey, NOVA SCOTIA (NS)
On 12 November 2023, the passenger ship "LEIF ERICSON" reported having experienced a close quarters situation with the cargo vessel "SEDNA DESGAGNES" in Cabot Strait, NS. The passenger vessel maneuvered to avoid a collision.
TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
Mar 1, 2023Point Edward, NOVA SCOTIA (NS)
On 01 March 2023, the ferry "LEIF ERICSON", with 86 people on board, reported having sustained an oil leak issue causing smoke in the generator room while proceeding in Sydney Harbour, NS. The crew monitored the situation adrift before securing the vessel alongside in North Sydey, NS.
TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
Aug 5, 2022North Sydney, NOVA SCOTIA (NS)
On 05 August 2022, the passenger vessel "LEIF ERICSON" reported sustaining the failure of its bow ramp hydraulic hose upon departing in North West Arm off North Sydney, NS. Approximately 15 litres of hydraulic oil was released on the vessel, dock and sea.
TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
Jul 9, 2020Gulf Span dock, North Sydney, NS, NOVA SCOTIA (NS)
On 09 July 2020, the ferry "LEIF ERICSON", with 64 people on board, reported that the hydraulic system for the ferry's bow ramp had failed, resulting in a minor spill of hydraulic fluid as the vessel was departing North Sydney, NS.
TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
Sep 16, 2019Port aux Basques, NL, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR (NL)
On 16 September 2019, the passenger ferry "LEIF ERICSON" was reported disabled following a blackout resulting in the loss of all machinery power.

Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.

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 draughtMedium confidence

~4,598t at summer draught

Other · summer draught 5.54 m · 13 t per cm immersion

Estimated intake by draught

3.88 m~2,441 t

4.15 m~2,800 t

4.43 m~3,160 t

4.71 m~3,519 t

4.98 m~3,879 t

5.26 m~4,238 t

5.54 m~4,598 t

Design draught looks implausible for this class and size — the figures above are anchored to it, so treat them with extra caution.

Estimate only — modelled from deadweight (deadweight only) using a first-principles hydrostatic model, not measured hydrostatic tables. The design draught it is anchored to is unreliable across the fleet.

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