AFRICAN SANDERLING is a 2008 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2016, most recently in December 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 2 operational controls.
Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: operational control imposed, 3 December 2025.
Coast Guard record current through 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Bulk Carrier class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded.
A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a
deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record
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Tonnage as PSIX records it19353 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton 67814 - Displacement, Metric Ton 58798 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton 32379 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.
Vessel history report
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Every recorded inspection, 2016 to
2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates
and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this
hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when
· how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the
population and never a judgement about this vessel.
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Inspection history · 10
3 December 2025Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8276985
24 April 2025PSC B
Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8106562
13 January 2025Deficiency Check · PSC B
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8059411
16 March 2024Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7880108
13 March 2022Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7410844
31 January 2022PSC B
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7383197
30 January 2022Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7383225
20 January 2022Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7383405
22 November 2019Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6846322
20 October 2016ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6015814
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 13 January 2025Resolved
INCINERATOR WALLS ARE TO BE PROTECTED WITH INSULATED FIRE BRICKS/REFRACTORY AND A COOLING SYSTEM. [name withheld] INSIDE INCINERATOR. (MARPOL VI/16.6.1)
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 27 January 2025
Resolved 15 January 2025
Resolution: Incinerator refractory was renewed and is in satisfactory condition.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 13 January 2025Resolved
[withheld — contains personal information; the deficiency system, dates, and resolution status are shown above]
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 13 January 2025
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 13 March 2022Resolved
PSCO attended vessel after receiving report of a reduction in propulsion on main diesl engine due to a high jacket water temperature on #1 cylinder.
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 13 March 2022
Resolution: The Cooling Water connector to the Unit No 1 was opened and a small piece of gasket was found. As a preventative measure, all the Unit Connectors were checked,The Main engine was tested with satisfactory results.
Ownership record
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