CHI-CHEEMAUN
Ferry · Canada · built 1974 · AIS Class A
In short
CHI-CHEEMAUN (Ferry, Canada flag) was last seen on AIS on , under way at 14.2 kn, in the Great Lakes. Voydar has no more recent AIS position for this ship. Its current location cannot be established from this report. Registered owner: Owen Sound Transportation Company (source: Wikidata).
- Vessel type
- Ferry
- Flag
- Canada
- Year built
- 1974
- Gross tonnage
- 6,990
- Size (length × beam)
- 111 m × 19 m
- Registered owner
- Owen Sound Transportation Company
Watch this ship
Get an email when CHI-CHEEMAUN arrives or leaves port, changes destination, name, flag or owner, or is sanctioned, detained or named in an official release.
We email you a link and a code. That creates a free account, no password or card, and follows CHI-CHEEMAUN.
Free account, no card: follow up to 5 ships and ports. Plus follows 50, Pro 500.
By continuing you accept the Terms and the Privacy policy.
Last reported position
received- Position
- 45.5404° N, 82.0068° W
- Area
- Great Lakes
- StatusWhat do AIS statuses mean?
- Under way using engine
- Speed
- 14.2 kn
- Course
- 133°
- Heading
- 132°
Voydar detected no port call in the last 30 days.
Port calls are detected by Voydar from AIS (at least 30 minutes slow inside a harbour area); see Port calls below.
A year of history in the Terminal (Plus) · the full archive since June 1, 2026 (Pro)
Try the live demo, no sign-upIdentity & particulars
- Name
- CHI-CHEEMAUN
- IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
- 7343607
- MMSIWhat is an MMSI?
- 316003125
- Call signWhat is a call sign?
- VGKK
- Flag
- Canada
- Vessel type
- Ferry
- AIS ship type
- Passenger
- Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight
- 6,990
- Length overall
- 111 m
- Year built
- 1974
CanadaA tag next to a value names the register that supplied it (hover or tap it for the record and date). Values without a tag come from the ship's own AIS broadcasts or from Wikidata. Position and identity are derived live from AIS.
Ownership & management
Each line shows where the fact comes from. Links backed by an identifier point to the company page.
- Registered owner
- Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
- Builder
- Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
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.
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Reported arrival at MilwaukeeAuthority-reported | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
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.
Port calls
Two kinds of evidence, kept apart: calls Voydar detected from the ship's AIS positions, and arrivals and departures published by port authorities and customs records.
Reported by authorities Authority-reported
| Port | Record | Date (UTC) | Berth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee USMKE | Arrival | Oct 17, 2016(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: October 17, 2016.
Source: US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (US CBP entrance/clearance records). Licence: US Government work — public domain.
About CHI-CHEEMAUN
MS Chi-Cheemaun is a Canadian passenger and vehicle ferry in Ontario, Canada, which traverses Lake Huron between Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula and South Baymouth on Manitoulin Island. The ferry connects the two geographically separate portions of Highway 6 and is the vessel that replaced MS Norgoma and SS Norisle in 1974. The ferry service runs seasonally from mid-May to mid-October. As of 2022 she is the third largest passenger vessel sailing the Great Lakes after the expedition cruise liner Viking Octantis and the US ferry SS Badger, although several larger vessels previously serving the Great Lakes are still in service in other parts of the world. Literally translated, "chi-cheemaun" (in folk orthography or chi-jiimaan in the more standard Fiero double vowel spelling) means "big canoe" in Ojibwe.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is CHI-CHEEMAUN now?
- CHI-CHEEMAUN (Ferry, Canada flag) was last seen on AIS on Sep 29, 2026, 15:31 UTC, under way at 14.2 kn, in the Great Lakes. Voydar has no more recent AIS position for this ship. Its current location cannot be established from this report.
- What kind of ship is CHI-CHEEMAUN?
- CHI-CHEEMAUN is a ferry sailing under the flag of Canada, built in 1974 by Collingwood Shipbuilding. The vessel is 111 m long with a beam of 19 m and has a gross tonnage of 6,990.
- Who is recorded as the owner or manager of CHI-CHEEMAUN?
- Owen Sound Transportation Company is recorded as Registered owner for CHI-CHEEMAUN (source: Wikidata). This source record does not independently confirm today’s ownership or management.
- What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for CHI-CHEEMAUN?
- Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for CHI-CHEEMAUN 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 CHI-CHEEMAUN. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.
Use this data
This page is also available as JSON, free, with the source and licence of every section. Sections whose sources do not permit redistribution are listed as withheld.
GET /api/v1/vessels/7343607Using this data in code?
Every account gets a personal API allowance: 2,500 credits a month free, 25,000 with Pro. Pro adds internal business use; API plans add building the data into your own products.