THORCO AFRICA

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2010s · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW)

THORCO AFRICA is a 2010 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 2016, most recently in August 2018, along with 4 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 2016 to 2018. Most recent: inspection, 6 August 2018.

Built: 2010
Last inspected: 6 August 2018
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 9
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

9543926 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

VRHP6

MISLE id

1101461

Flag

HONG KONG

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-1101461

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2016–2018)

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.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 8 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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 Bulk Carrier class in Maury's sources begin in 1981.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it9721 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
4069 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
12844 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
17193 - Displacement, Metric 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

6 August 2018 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6502499

15 July 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6479173

15 July 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6480200

7 December 2017 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6315140

31 July 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6226505

23 March 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6110385

17 March 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6106735

28 February 2017 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6096088

28 September 2016 Deficiency Check · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · COE-Dockside

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6010531

Deficiency record · 4

Operations/Management › Vessel Safety Management › Maintenance of Ship/Equipment

Issued 28 September 2016 Resolved

The vessel failed to identify lack of required operational testing of the port lifeboat and failed to be operationaly ready. For full deficiency details see narative. SOLAS (09 Cons)III/19.2.1 ISM Code 10.3 40a

Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Resolved 29 September 2016
Resolution: The management company (MARSHIP MANAGEMENT A/S) was handed over to a new management company (Clipper Fleet Management A/S).

Operations/Management › Lifesaving › Op Readiness/Maintenance/Inspection

Issued 28 September 2016 Resolved

Except as provided in paragraphs 3.3.4 and 3.3.5; each lifeboat shall be launched and manoevered in the water by its assigned operating crew at least once every three months during an abandon ship drill. The last recorded launching of the port lifeboat was on 19Feb2016, over seven months prior to this exam. 74SOLAS(09 Cons)III/19.3.3.3 17a

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 2 October 2016
Resolution: Recieved Class Survey stating the lfeboat was lowered and maneuvered in the water. An Exemption Certificate was issued when the engine starter was found to be burned out.

Lifesaving › Launching Appliances › Davit

Issued 28 September 2016 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. Port lifeboat was unable to be launched upon initial testing. 74SOLAS(09 Cons)III/20.2 10c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 28 September 2016
Resolution: The crew was able to lower the lifeboat before the exams were finished.

Personnel › Training › Fire Fighting Basic

Issued 28 September 2016 Resolved

Every crewmember with assigned emergency duties shall be familiar with these duties before the vayage begins. The crew failed to conduct fire drills in accordance with established procedures. 74SOLAS(09 Cons)III/19.2.1 - 17c

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 30 September 2016
Resolution: A satisfactory fire drill was conducted and witnessed by the attending Coast Guard Examiner.

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.