THE WHALE ORCA

Freight Ship · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

THE WHALE ORCA is a 2009 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 20 inspections since 2016, most recently in March 2026, along with 3 deficiencies and 3 operational controls.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 9 March 2026.

Built: 2009
Last inspected: 9 March 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 20
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 9 March 2026

Recorded inspections20

…physical examinations11

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded5

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2016–2026)

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 exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

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9509607

A8TV8

1051542

Flag

LIBERIA

Maury page id

psix-1051542

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it10602 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
22863 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
43436 - Displacement, Metric Ton
33217 - Dead Weight, Metric 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

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

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 · 20

9 March 2026 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8322891

6 February 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8306997

15 December 2025 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8283476

10 December 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8281924

14 November 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8268741

29 July 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8191212

24 March 2025 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8098596

13 January 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8059320

12 January 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8063007

7 January 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8059347

22 February 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7868738

20 July 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7743037

23 December 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7369671

20 December 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6600961

9 December 2018 ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6590489

14 January 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6337704

14 January 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6337795

30 December 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6330626

1 May 2017 ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6132876

19 January 2016 NPV Safety Exam · ISPS III Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5798304

Deficiency record · 3

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 15 December 2025 Resolved

The machinery and associated piping systems and fittings shall be designed and constructed adequate for the service for which they are intended. PSCO was notified that the main engine fuel oil meter was inoperable. SOLAS II-I/26.1

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 15 January 2026
Resolved 9 March 2026
Resolution: Received class report attesting to satisfactory replacement of flow oil meter on main engine.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Load Lines (including Exemption)

Issued 13 January 2025 Resolved

The international load line certificate shall not be delivered to the ship until the officer or surveyor acting under the provisions of Article 13 of The Convention has certified that the markings are correctly and permanently indicated on the ship's sides. PSCO observed load line mark does not match certificate.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 12 February 2025
Resolved 17 March 2025
Resolution: Reviewed class survey

Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Radar

Issued 1 May 2017 Resolved

Each vessel of 10,000 gross tons or more must have, in addition to the radar system, a second marine radar system that operates independently from the first. Vessel's secondary radar inoperable. Prior to departure the vessel must submit documentation attesting to the proper repair and operation of the radar.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 3 May 2017
Resolution: Recieved radar technicians report attesting to proper repair of x band radar. Report confirmed proper operations of x-band radar. Def. rectified.

Ownership record

The Coast Guard's documentation record for this hull -- the Abstract of Title, with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National Vessel Documentation Center, files it here with its date, and every reader of this page gets it.