MV Queen of the North

No AIS position on record for this vessel. Identity and particulars are below.

Identity & particulars

Name

MV Queen of the North

IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?

6917267

MMSIWhat is an MMSI?

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Call signWhat is a call sign?

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Vessel type

ship

Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight

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Length overall

125 m

Beam

19.7 m

Year built

1969

Passengers (maximum)

WikidataSource: Wikidata, record Q6719960. Added to Voydar on September 23, 2026. Licence: CC0 1.0.650

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Timeline

Dated events for this ship from every source Voydar holds, newest first. Each line names its source; derived items say how they were derived.

Owner, operator and manager changes found by comparing yearly EU MRV reports are dated to the reporting year ("during 2025"), not to a day. Port calls here are the most recent only; the full lists are further down.

About MV Queen of the North

MV Queen of the North was a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry built by AG Weser of Germany and operated by BC Ferries, which ran along an 18-hour route along the British Columbia Coast of Canada between Port Hardy and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, a route also known as the Inside Passage. On March 22, 2006, with 101 people aboard, she failed to make a planned course change, ran aground and sank (around 1400 ft). Two passengers, whose bodies were never found, died in the incident. The ship had a gross register tonnage of 8,806 (the fifth largest in fleet), and an overall length of 125 metres (410 ft) (14th longest in the fleet). She had a capacity of 700 passengers and 115 cars.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is MV Queen of the North now?

Voydar has no displayable AIS position for MV Queen of the North in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is MV Queen of the North?

MV Queen of the North is a ship, built in 1969 by AG Weser. The vessel is 125 m long with a beam of 19.7 m.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for MV Queen of the North?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for MV Queen of the North from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for MV Queen of the North. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.