Self Discharging Bulk Carrier🇨🇦 CanadaActive

RT.HON.PAUL J.MARTIN

Built by Collingwood Shipbuilding in 1973

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IMO: 7324405
MMSI: 316001635
Call Sign: VGFJ

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage

23,989GT

Deadweight

31,585DWT

Length Overall

222.51m

Beam

22.94m

Draught

Year Built

1973

Live Tracking

Current Position

Live AIS · 5 min ago

Track · last 13 d

Position

42.257°N · 83.109°W

Speed

0.0 kn

Course

143°

Status

Moored

Destination DETROIT BRENNAN CH67ETA Jun 30, 10:30 PMLaden · 8.0 m

Where it waited most

Most time stopped at Rouge River — 48 h across 6 stays.

1
Rouge River48 h · 6×
2
Nanticoke22 h
3
Bruce Mines14 h
4
Calumet Harbor9 h
5
Port Colborne6 h

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

Rouge River
Jun 30, 2026
In port
Rouge River
Jun 30, 2026
0.4 d
Rouge River
Jun 30, 2026
0.0 d
Bruce Mines
Jun 28, 2026
0.6 d
Calumet Harbor
Jun 26, 2026
0.4 d

AIS-derived from our live feed.

Compliance

Safety Record

Marine casualties8

BOTTOM CONTACTMinor
Apr 12, 2026Beauharnois Lock (upper), QUEBEC (QC)
On 12 April 2026, the bulk carrier "RT. HON. PAUL J. MARTIN" reported having sustained a total engine failure and a subsequent loss of propulsion above the upper lock wall at Beauharnois, QC. While the crew was restarting the engines, the vessel made bottom contact near the breakwater. The vessel was secured to the wall and inspected before resuming its voyage to Québec, QC. The vessel later reported a damaged ballast tank on its starboard side, and another inspection was planned.
GROUNDING - Under power (non-intentional)Serious
Nov 7, 2025Windmill Point, MI, USA, Outside Provincial Boundaries
On 07 November 2025, the bulk carrier "RT. HON. PAUL J. MARTIN", with 23 people on board, reported having run aground while departing from an anchorage in the Detroit River off Detroit, MI, USA. The vessel was anchored as a precaution and was refloated the next day with assistance from the tugs "MINNESOTA" and "OHIO".
PERSON SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED - In contact with any part of the ship or its contentsSerious
Oct 28, 2025Picton, ONTARIO (ON)
On 28 October 2025, the bulk carrier "RT. HON. PAUL J. MARTIN" reported that one of its crew members was injured during cargo operations in Picton, ON. The injured crew member was transported to hospital.
TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
Sep 20, 2025Ninemile Point, MI, Outside Provincial Boundaries
On 20 September 2025, the bulk carrier "RT. HON. PAUL J. MARTIN" reported having sustained a steering system failure in the St. Marys River, MI, USA. The vessel was anchored outside the navigation channel, and the crew assessed the issue.
TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
Jul 28, 2025Port Colborne, ONTARIO (ON)
On 28 July 2025, the self-discharging bulk carrier "RT. HON. PAUL J. MARTIN", reported having sustained a failure of its steering gear while transiting downbound in the Welland Canal. The vessel berthed in Port Colborne, ON for the crew to perform the repairs then the vessel resumed its voyage.
TOTAL FAILURE OF ANY MACHINERY OR TECHNICAL SYSTEMMinor
Nov 8, 2024Écluse de Côte-Sainte-Catherine, QUEBEC (QC)
On 08 November 2024, the bulk carrier "RT. HON. PAUL J. MARTIN", while under the conduct of a pilot, reported having sustained a total engine failure causing a loss of propulsion in Canal de la Rive Sud off Sainte-Catherine, QC. Propulsion was restored, and the vessel proceeded to a nearby wharf to determine the cause of the issue.
SUSTAINS DAMAGE RENDER UNSEAWORTHY/UNFIT FOR PURPOSE - Unfit for purpose - ice, weather, etc.Serious
Aug 21, 2024Québec, QUEBEC (QC)
On 21 August 2024, the bulk carrier "RT. HON. PAUL J. MARTIN" reported a crack in its No. 1 port ballast tank while secured in Québec, QC. The vessel proceeded to Montréal, QC and the crew conducted repairs while underway.
RISK OF COLLISION (near collision) - With another vessel or other floating objectMinor
Aug 5, 2024Pointe de Soldat, QUEBEC (QC)
On 05 August 2024, the bulk carrier "RT. HON. PAUL J. MARTIN", while under the conduct of a pilot, reported having experienced a close quarters situation with a pleasure craft in the St. Lawrence River off Île des Barques, QC.

Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.

Operational Status

Activity

Slow steamingFix within the last day

Under way but in the slow band — effective capacity voluntarily withdrawn.

Speed

1.0 kn

Nav status

Under way using engine

Last broadcast

within the last day

Hull age

53 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.

Port calls

5 recent · AIS-detected

Arrivals, time in port and the load/discharge inferred from the draught change — detected from AIS track history. An open call means the vessel is still in port (no departure observed yet).

Bruce Mines
no cargo change
→ · 15 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m
Calumet Harbor
no cargo change
→ · 12 h in port· draught 8.0→8.0 m
Rouge River
op. unknown
In port since
Nanticoke
no cargo change
→ · 23 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m
Port Colborne
no cargo change
→ · 8 h in port· draught 7.0→7.0 m

Method: each call is a run of fixes inside a port’s geofence confirmed by a stop (or an AIS gap); load/discharge is the sign of the draught delta over the call. Indicative — arrivals before our AIS history began read from the first observation.

Where it waits

4 ports · 2.4 days total

Time-in-port summed by port from the AIS-detected port-call history — the ports this vessel has spent the most time at, longest first.

Nanticoke· Canada
23 h
1 call · 23 h avg
Bruce Mines· Canada
15 h
1 call · 15 h avg
Calumet Harbor· USA
12 h
1 call · 12 h avg
Port Colborne· Canada
8 h
1 call · 8 h avg

Based on 4 completed calls observed since — open calls (no departure yet) are excluded. The distribution sharpens as AIS history accrues.

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

~31,585t at summer draught

Bulker · summer draught 7 m · 39.8 t per cm immersion

Estimated intake by draught

4.9 m~23,229 t

5.25 m~24,621 t

5.6 m~26,014 t

5.95 m~27,407 t

6.3 m~28,800 t

6.65 m~30,192 t

7 m~31,585 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.

Type classification

Declared

Bulker

→

Inferred from size

Bulker

density DWT/GT=1.32 is consistent with declared bulker

DWT/GT 1.32Beam/LOA 0.103Declared 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.

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