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NICOLA

Built by Allied Shipbuilders in 1960

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IMO: 5287744
MMSI: 316012834
Call Sign: VCNN

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage

255GT

Deadweight

88DWT

Length Overall

33.53m

Beam

11.92m

Year Built

1960

Live Tracking

Current Position

Live AIS · just now

Track · last 13 d

Position

54.361°N · 130.272°W

Speed

10.2 kn

Course

204°

Status

Under way using engine

Destination D

Where it waited most

Most time stopped at Port of Prince Rupert — 8 d across 26 stays.

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Port of Prince Rupert8 d · 26×

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

Port of Prince Rupert
Jul 1, 2026
0.5 d
Port of Prince Rupert
Jun 30, 2026
0.3 d
Port of Prince Rupert
Jun 30, 2026
0.5 d
Port of Prince Rupert
Jun 30, 2026
0.0 d
Port of Prince Rupert
Jun 29, 2026
0.2 d

AIS-derived from our live feed.

Compliance

Safety Record

Marine casualties2

TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
May 22, 2016Seal Cove, Prince Rupert, BC, BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC)
On 22 May 2016, the passenger ferry "NICOLA" reported one of its two main engines as disabled near Ritchie Point, Prince Rupert, BC. The vessel resumed its voyage with an escort tug.
TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
Apr 1, 2005PRINCE RUPERT HARBOUR, B.C., BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC)
On 1 April 2005, the P/F "NICOLA" experienced total failure of main engine in the vicinity of upper Prince Rupert Harbour, B.C., caused by blockage of fuel line.

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Stopped, anchored or moored on its latest broadcast — parked, not necessarily withdrawn.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

66 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 draughtMedium confidence

~88t at summer draught

Other · summer draught 1.65 m · 0.8 t per cm immersion

Estimated intake by draught

1.16 m~46 t

1.24 m~53 t

1.32 m~60 t

1.41 m~67 t

1.49 m~74 t

1.57 m~81 t

1.65 m~88 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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