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NORTHUMBERLAND

Built by Vard Brattvaag in 2007

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IMO: 9344758
MMSI: 316009113
Call Sign: CFA4610

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage

6,904GT

Deadweight

1,025DWT

Length Overall

129.8m

Beam

19.9m

Draught

4.3m

Year Built

2007

Intelligence

Risk & Sustainability

Risk scoreMedium

77/ 100

Safety68

Compliance95

Environment68

Compliance

Safety Record

Marine casualties2

FIRESerious
Aug 29, 2025Caribou, NOVA SCOTIA (NS)
On 29 August 2025, the ferry "NORTHUMBERLAND" reported a galley appliance fire while secured in Caribou, NS. The crew extinguished the fire, and the passengers and vehicles were disembarked as a precaution. Minor damages were assessed.
TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
Jul 9, 2025Bell Point, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (PE)
On 09 July 2025, the ferry "NORTHUMBERLAND" reported having sustained a total failure of its electrical power supply system causing a loss of propulsion in Northumberland Strait off Wood Islands, PE. The vessel regained its electrical power, and the propulsion was restored before resuming the voyage.

Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.

Composite Risk

Risk Score

44/100

Moderate riskLow confidence40% component coverage

Some elevated factors — typically age or a lower-graded flag — but no acute ship-specific flag.

PSC detentionsno data

Sanctions exposureno data

Dark-fleet signalno data

Hull age56

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

~1,025t at summer draught

Other · summer draught 4.3 m · 4.6 t per cm immersion

Estimated intake by draught

3.01 m~431 t

3.22 m~530 t

3.44 m~629 t

3.66 m~728 t

3.87 m~827 t

4.09 m~926 t

4.3 m~1,025 t

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

Commercial

Voyage Estimate

Load port

Discharge port

CargotFreight$/tFrom 1,025 DWT · ~9 t/day · bunker @ live VLSFO.

Overview

About This Vessel

MV Northumberland is a Canadian RORO ferry which operates on a seasonal basis between Caribou, Nova Scotia and Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island from May to December. It is operated by Northumberland Ferries Limited (NFL). The vessel is owned by the Government of Canada and was acquired as an interim replacement following the loss of MV Holiday Island in 2022.