FREE SPIRIT

Tank Ship · Built 2000s · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Other hulls named FREE SPIRIT

FREE SPIRIT is a 2008 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 2014, most recently in November 2024, along with 4 deficiencies and 2 operational controls.

Records from 2014 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 13 November 2024.

Built: 2008
Last inspected: 13 November 2024
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 8
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9409259 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

V7VG7

MISLE id

1064053

Flag

MARSHALL ISLANDS

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-1064053

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations5

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2014–2024)

The 8 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Tank Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it99991 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
120915 - Displacement, Metric Ton
62775 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
34934 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 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.

Radio station licence

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

Inspection history · 8

13 November 2024 PSC B · COC-TVE Renew

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8031355

8 November 2019 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6846459

22 October 2019 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6837731

18 October 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6837516

28 February 2019 COC-TVE Renew · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6628741

22 February 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6630645

2 August 2014 COC-TVE Renew · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4936591

1 August 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4936598

Deficiency record · 4

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Immersion suits

Issued 13 November 2024 Resolved

Before the ship leaves port and at all times during the voyage, all life saving appliances shall be in working order and ready for immediate use. Vessel has 39 of 40 operational immersion suits as required by ship safety equipment certificate.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 4 December 2024
Resolved 20 November 2024
Resolution: Serviced immers. suits at shore service provider. 25 found in order, 15 replaced, as well as 6 spares purchased. Vsl's flag state also imposed an internal SMS audit which provided addtnl opportunities for improvement on LSA training/defect reporting.

Documentation › Certificates/Documents › IOPP Certificate

Issued 2 August 2014 Resolved

0150-IOPP Cert-The IOPP Cert shall be drawn up in the form corresponding to the model in Appendix II to Annex I. IOPP Cert did not list the slop tank information. Provide copy of certified IOPP Cert with corrections to section 6.2 (Slop Tanks). - MARPOL Annex 1/9

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 5 August 2014
Resolved 3 August 2014
Resolution: Received, reviewed and accepted class report from ABS stating the proper amendments have been made to reflect the slop tank information on the IOPP certificate.

Engineering › Freshwater Generation System › Piping

Issued 2 August 2014 Resolved

1499 - Other (Aux Machinery) - After the survey of any ship no change shall be made in the arrangements covered by the survey, w/o sanction of the Administration. Found temporary repair made to the seawater cooling intake line prior to entering "[name withheld]." Provide clarification from certificate issuing authority. - MARPOL Annex I/6

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 5 August 2014
Resolved 3 August 2014
Resolution: Received, reviewed and accepted class report from ABS stating the proper permanent repairs have been made to the seawater cooling intake piping.

Deck/Cargo › Inert Gas System › IGS Scrubber

Issued 2 August 2014 Resolved

1899 - Other (Tankers) - The condition of the ship and its equipt shall be maintained to conform w/ the provisions of the present regs. Observed leak on the IG main intake pipe to the scrubber, located on the pipe above the last coupling before the scrubber. Provide documentation from certificate issuing authority attesting to satisfactory repairs prior to using the IGS. 74 SOLAS am I/11

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 5 August 2014
Resolved 3 August 2014
Resolution: Received, reviewed and accepted class report from ABS stating the proper permanent repairs have been made to the IG piping.

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.