FreighterLog The record of Great Lakes shipping

Archive: January 2024 to December 2025, 28,207 passages. Seaway transits checked hourly. Last checked 2026-09-23 18:00 UTC — 14:00 EDT. NOAA publishes in quarterly batches, and the archive currently runs nine months behind.

Archive to December 2025 · Seaway checked 2026-09-23 18:00 UTC — 14:00 EDT

Observed lakes vessel

Federal Clyde

No fleet affiliation on record · Cargo · 200 m. Range: Lakes and Seaway. 41 recorded passages across 6 chokepoints.

Last recorded passage

downbound at Welland Canal (Thorold)

17 Dec 2025, 11:23 EST — ±15 min · see the December 2025 log

This is an archive, not a tracker. The passage record runs January 2024 to December 2025 and ends at 31 Dec 2025. The public AIS archive arrives in quarterly batches and currently runs nine months behind. Nothing on this page tells you where Federal Clyde is today. Her last recorded passage was 14 days before the archive ends, and that gap is about the record, not necessarily about the ship.

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Specification

Dimensions and identifiers as broadcast over AIS; AIS-reported figures are self-declared by the vessel and are not a registry of record.
Name (AIS) FEDERAL CLYDE
MMSI 538006470
IMO IMO9671072
Call sign V7NK4
Length overall 200 m (656 ft)
Beam 23 m (75 ft)
AIS vessel type Cargo
Hull type
Operator No fleet match (salty, unaffiliated hull, or an AIS spelling this roster has not yet folded in)
Flag

Passage record

  • 41 Passages January 2024 – December 2025
  • 6 Chokepoints of 7 monitored
  • 26 Jun 2024 First in archive UTC date
  • 17 Dec 2025 Last in archive UTC date

Where she was recorded

Season passage log

Local time at each chokepoint · grouped by month (UTC buckets)

Times are interpolated from AIS track samples, good to about fifteen minutes, and shown in each chokepoint's local time. A passage is a track crossing our gate line, not an official lock record.

2025 season

December 2025 2 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
17 Dec 2025 11:23 EST Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
4 Dec 2025 21:38 EST Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
October 2025 5 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
7 Oct 2025 03:19 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
6 Oct 2025 07:33 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
6 Oct 2025 01:56 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
5 Oct 2025 03:49 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
3 Oct 2025 22:02 CDT Duluth Ship Canal outbound
September 2025 7 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
30 Sep 2025 11:19 CDT Duluth Ship Canal inbound
29 Sep 2025 04:05 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
28 Sep 2025 18:58 EDT Straits of Mackinac eastbound
20 Sep 2025 11:48 EDT Straits of Mackinac westbound
19 Sep 2025 20:01 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
19 Sep 2025 14:27 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
18 Sep 2025 19:25 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
August 2025 2 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
3 Aug 2025 19:28 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
1 Aug 2025 02:41 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
July 2025 5 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
31 Jul 2025 04:07 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
30 Jul 2025 10:17 EDT Straits of Mackinac eastbound
12 Jul 2025 01:06 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
11 Jul 2025 18:54 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
10 Jul 2025 23:25 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
June 2025 4 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
3 Jun 2025 17:35 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
2 Jun 2025 20:01 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
2 Jun 2025 13:04 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
1 Jun 2025 14:48 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
May 2025 4 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
27 May 2025 20:06 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
27 May 2025 00:30 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
26 May 2025 19:18 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
25 May 2025 23:26 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound

2024 season

October 2024 1 passage
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
14 Oct 2024 14:38 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
September 2024 1 passage
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
21 Sep 2024 05:42 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
July 2024 6 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
12 Jul 2024 23:47 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
12 Jul 2024 04:08 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
11 Jul 2024 22:39 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
11 Jul 2024 02:53 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
4 Jul 2024 01:32 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
3 Jul 2024 16:27 EDT Straits of Mackinac eastbound
June 2024 4 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
27 Jun 2024 18:51 EDT Straits of Mackinac westbound
27 Jun 2024 02:44 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
26 Jun 2024 21:25 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
26 Jun 2024 02:50 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound