The Motor Vessel ''Federal Fuji'' is a bulk carrier built in 1986, by
Nippon Kokan in
Shimizu,
Japan
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. The ship was built for Viken Lakers, based in
Bergen
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By May 20 ...
,
Norway
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. The ''Federal Fuji'' was involved in a collision with the
M/V ''Tecam Sea'' in the port of
Sorel,
Quebec
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on 27 April 2000.
The
squat effect
The squat effect is the hydrodynamic phenomenon by which a vessel moving through shallow water creates an area of reduced pressure that causes the ship to increase its draft (alternatively decrease the underkeel clearance of the vessel in marin ...
phenomenon is believed to be a factor in the collision.
Between 1993 and 1994, ''Federal Fuji'' was caught illegally dumping oil off the Canadian coast. The ship was flying a German flag at the time, and her owners were fined $25,000.
References
1986 ships
Ships built in Japan
Bulk carriers
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