BBC NEWCASTLE

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

BBC NEWCASTLE is a 2009 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2017, most recently in January 2026, along with 6 deficiencies and 6 operational controls.

Records from 2017 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 21 January 2026.

Built: 2009
Last inspected: 21 January 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 6 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 21 January 2026

Recorded inspections16

…physical examinations8

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2017–2026)

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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9484209

V2DX6

1102191

Flag

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Maury page id

psix-1102191

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it6351 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
3617 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
12865 - Displacement, Metric Ton
9851 - 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 · 16

21 January 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8299231

17 January 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8297749

4 November 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8028065

31 October 2021 PSC B · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7342702

18 October 2021 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7333587

8 September 2021 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7307370

30 March 2021 Ballast Water Examination · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7162026

25 March 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7162918

7 October 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6829670

29 May 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6698726

22 May 2019 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6686565

22 May 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6690518

17 May 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6686623

12 November 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6579244

9 June 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6173717

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

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6159785

Deficiency record · 6

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general

Issued 31 October 2021 Resolved

All electrical apparatus shall be so constructed and so installed as not to cause injury when handled or touched in the normal manner (74 SOLAS (2004) II-1/45.1.3) PSCO Observed sparking from an exposed wire on an external light fixture just before the life boat embarkation deck. Exposed wire made constact with bracket causing small fire.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 7 November 2021
Resolution: Received class report.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of recovery of life saving appliances

Issued 18 October 2021 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. Rescue boat could not be recovered by davit motor. Crew had to manually hoist rescue boat. Additionally, winch brake could not support load of rescue boat and had to be held by a crew member. 74SOLAS(14 CONS) Ch. III/Reg.20.2 17ac

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 22 October 2021
Resolution: Received KR Class report attesting to proper operation of rescue boat davit to include operation of brake.

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Railing, gangway, walkway and means for safe passage

Issued 18 October 2021 Resolved

Guardrails fitted on superstructure and freeboard decks shall have at least three courses. Starboard side amidships lowest course was separated from stanchion. ICLL 66/88 Annex I/Reg 25.3 16ac

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 1 November 2021
Resolved 22 October 2021
Resolution: Received KR class report attesting to Starboard side amidships lowest course properly welded back to the stanchion.

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Echo sounder

Issued 31 March 2021 Resolved

Each vessel must have an echo depth sounding device. The vessel's echo depth sounding device is inoperable.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 12 April 2021
Resolution: Tech report received attesting to repairs of echo depth sounder.

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

Issued 30 March 2021 Resolved

The International Load Line Certificate shall not be delivered to the ship until the officer or surveyors acting under the provisions of Article 13 of the present convention has certified that the marks are correctly and permanently indicated on ship's side. Current certificate does not match what is marked on side of ship

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 11 April 2021
Resolution: Vessel supplied documentation; load line on hull was verified.

Fire Fighting › Fixed Fire Detection System › Flame Detectors

Issued 30 May 2017 Resolved

Maintenance, testing and inspections shall be carried out based on the guidelines. The crew was unable to demonstrate proper operation of the flame detector in the purifer space, could not find the corresponding manual for the system. SOLAS 74 (04) II-2/ 14.2.2.1

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 1 June 2017
Resolution: Received report from class. Vessel has obtained operating manual for Flame Detector. Class tested Flame Detector and water mist system. All satisfactory.

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.