MORNING CHAMPION

Freight Ship · Ro-Ro Cargo Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW)

MORNING CHAMPION is a 2004 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 2014, most recently in August 2025, along with 5 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 2014 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 30 August 2025.

Built: 2004
Last inspected: 30 August 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 9
Deficiencies: 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9285627 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

C6UI3

MISLE id

1078351

Flag

BAHAMAS, THE

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-1078351

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations8

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 5 calendar years (2014–2025)

The 9 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 Ro-Ro Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 1981.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it38050 - Displacement, Ton
21106 - Dead Weight, Ton
57692 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
57692 - Simplified, Gross Ton
21037 - Simplified, Net Ton
21037 - 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 · 9

30 August 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8216218

13 September 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7996681

27 June 2024 Deficiency Check · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7943082

23 June 2024 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7940585

23 June 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7941868

20 June 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7934296

11 July 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7245963

20 April 2016 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5858330

15 August 2014 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4952773

Deficiency record · 5

15 - Safety Management Systems (ISM) › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of the ship and equipment

Issued 27 June 2024 Resolved

The company should establish procedures to ensure that the ship is maintained in accordance with the provisions of the relevant rules and regulations established by the company. The technical and operational nature of the deficiencies noted below or provide objective evidence of a serious failure of the implementation of the ISM Code. An external audit report satisfactory must be submitted prior to clearance of this deficiency. 74 SOLAS (2020)IX/3.1 ISM CODE Part A/10.1

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 30 - Ship detained
Resolved 30 June 2024
Resolution: Vessel reps submitted the audit report to the PSCDO. Uploaded Audit report in the documents tab.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Insulation wetted through (oil)

Issued 27 June 2024 Resolved

Means shall be provided to control leaks of flammable liquids. Excessive oil accumulation was observed under auxiliary diesel generators No. 1, 2, and 3. Manufactured catch basins were situated under leaking components to collect oil and divert it from (bilge/waste) tanks. Over 20 oily soaked rags were found stuffed under the main engine and purifiers. Oil soaked lagging was found in the Purifier room and at the bottom of the engine room above the OWS. 74 SOlAS (2020) II-2/4.1

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 30 - Ship detained
Resolved 30 June 2024
Resolution: Visually inspected engine room. Found all oil accumulation, catch bains, oily rags, and oil soaked lagging were removed and disposed of.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Oil accumulation in engine room

Issued 27 June 2024 Resolved

The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regulations to ensure that the ship in all respects will remain fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons on board. PSCO's observed oil accumulation under generators 1,2, and 3; multiple catch basins under purifiers and generators; oil soaked and damaged lagging found in purifier room and above OWS; multiple valves found leaking oil; numerous oil soaked rags found under M/E, purifiers, and generators; and, unapproved modifications to M/E cylinder lubricating oil quick closing valve. 74 SOLAS (2020) I/11(a)

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 30 - Ship detained
Resolved 30 June 2024
Resolution: Visually inspected engine room. Found no active oil leaks from any aux generators or MDE.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Operation of machinery

Issued 27 June 2024 Resolved

Lubricating oil valves… shall be fitted with a cock or valve directly on the tank capable of being closed from a safe position outside the space concerned in the event of a fire. The main engine cylinder lubricating quick closing valve was temporarily repaired without making proper notifications or getting approval. 74 SOLAS (2020) II-2/4.2.3.2

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 27 June 2024
Resolution: Fixed on the spot with proper equipment.

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

Issued 23 June 2024 Resolved

The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regulation to ensure that the ship in all respects will remain fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons on board. PSCO received a report that the vessel lost propulsion while mooring at packer ave.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 25 June 2024
Resolution: Received class report from the [name withheld] attesting to the proper operation of the ship M/E.

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.