Observed lakes vessel
Federal Katsura
No fleet affiliation on record · Cargo · 190 m. Range: Lakes and Seaway. 36 recorded passages across 5 chokepoints.
Last recorded passage
downbound at Welland Canal (Thorold)
21 Jul 2025, 22:21 EDT — ±15 min · see the July 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 Katsura is today. Her last recorded passage was 163 days before the archive ends, and that gap is about the record, not necessarily about the ship.
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Specification
| Name (AIS) | FEDERAL KATSURA |
|---|---|
| MMSI | 538007353 |
| IMO | IMO9293923 |
| Call sign | V7JT5 |
| Length overall | 190 m (623 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
- 36 Passages January 2024 – December 2025
- 5 Chokepoints of 7 monitored
- 30 Jun 2024 First in archive UTC date
- 22 Jul 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
July 2025 4 passages
| Date | Local time | Chokepoint | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jul 2025 | 22:21 EDT | Welland Canal (Thorold) | downbound |
| 21 Jul 2025 | 00:50 EDT | Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge | downbound |
| 20 Jul 2025 | 19:51 EDT | Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge | downbound |
| 20 Jul 2025 | 03:26 EDT | Straits of Mackinac | eastbound |
June 2025 4 passages
| Date | Local time | Chokepoint | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jun 2025 | 02:18 EDT | Straits of Mackinac | westbound |
| 25 Jun 2025 | 09:46 EDT | Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge | upbound |
| 25 Jun 2025 | 04:27 EDT | Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge | upbound |
| 20 Jun 2025 | 06:43 EDT | Welland Canal (Thorold) | upbound |
April 2025 6 passages
| Date | Local time | Chokepoint | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 2025 | 01:54 EDT | Welland Canal (Thorold) | downbound |
| 28 Apr 2025 | 19:18 EDT | Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge | downbound |
| 28 Apr 2025 | 13:16 EDT | Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge | downbound |
| 23 Apr 2025 | 02:23 EDT | Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge | upbound |
| 22 Apr 2025 | 18:10 EDT | Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge | upbound |
| 16 Apr 2025 | 22:53 EDT | Welland Canal (Thorold) | upbound |
2024 season
November 2024 8 passages
| Date | Local time | Chokepoint | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Nov 2024 | 09:47 EST | Welland Canal (Thorold) | downbound |
| 18 Nov 2024 | 12:11 EST | Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge | downbound |
| 18 Nov 2024 | 06:50 EST | Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge | downbound |
| 17 Nov 2024 | 10:04 EST | Soo Locks (St. Marys River) | downbound |
| 13 Nov 2024 | 23:02 EST | Soo Locks (St. Marys River) | upbound |
| 13 Nov 2024 | 03:17 EST | Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge | upbound |
| 12 Nov 2024 | 21:36 EST | Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge | upbound |
| 9 Nov 2024 | 00:09 EST | Welland Canal (Thorold) | upbound |
September 2024 6 passages
| Date | Local time | Chokepoint | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2024 | 03:02 EDT | Welland Canal (Thorold) | downbound |
| 27 Sep 2024 | 04:23 EDT | Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge | downbound |
| 26 Sep 2024 | 23:07 EDT | Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge | downbound |
| 22 Sep 2024 | 21:19 EDT | Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge | upbound |
| 22 Sep 2024 | 16:33 EDT | Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge | upbound |
| 21 Sep 2024 | 21:43 EDT | Welland Canal (Thorold) | upbound |
July 2024 7 passages
| Date | Local time | Chokepoint | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 2024 | 05:21 EDT | Welland Canal (Thorold) | downbound |
| 13 Jul 2024 | 06:31 EDT | Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge | downbound |
| 13 Jul 2024 | 01:03 EDT | Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge | downbound |
| 12 Jul 2024 | 05:14 EDT | Soo Locks (St. Marys River) | downbound |
| 5 Jul 2024 | 02:05 EDT | Soo Locks (St. Marys River) | upbound |
| 4 Jul 2024 | 06:26 EDT | Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge | upbound |
| 4 Jul 2024 | 01:02 EDT | Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge | upbound |
June 2024 1 passage
| Date | Local time | Chokepoint | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun 2024 | 19:41 EDT | Welland Canal (Thorold) | upbound |