HINCH SPIRIT

Tank Ship · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

HINCH SPIRIT is a 2009 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2020, most recently in May 2025, along with 5 deficiencies.

Records from 2020 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 23 May 2025.

Built: 2009
Last inspected: 23 May 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 5 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 Tank Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 23 May 2025

Recorded inspections12

…physical examinations7

…administrative events5

Deficiencies 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2020–2025)

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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9508940

VAHS

1106115

Flag

CANADA

Maury page id

psix-1106115

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it4498 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
13965 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
18290 - Displacement, Metric Ton
8638 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross 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

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 12

23 May 2025 COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8140107

6 May 2024 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7907638

11 April 2024 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7889885

24 December 2023 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7842203

25 August 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Massena · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7776395

24 March 2023 COC-TVE Annual · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7656109

9 June 2022 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7472720

4 April 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Massena · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7424118

24 March 2022 PSC B · COC-TVE Renew

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7414720

26 April 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Massena · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7182976

4 December 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Massena · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7106142

3 June 2020 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · PSC A

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6962854

Deficiency record · 5

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)

Issued 11 April 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. FIXED GAS DETECTION EQUIPMENT CURRENTLY UNABLE TO DETECT CONCENTRATION WHILE TESTING. VESSEL HAS PROCEDURES FOR PORTABLE TESTING OF GAS WHEN FIXED DETECTION IS INOPERABLE. 74 SOLAS (09) I/11(a) 40 A/C

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 6 May 2024
Resolution: Vessel submitted class tech report stating that fixed gas detection was serviced by TPO.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 11 April 2024 Resolved

ALL ELECTRICAL APPARATUSES SHALL BE SO CONSTRUCTED AND SO INSTALLED AS NOT TO CAUSE INJURY WHEN HANDLED OR TOUCHED IN THE NORMAL MANNER. SEVERAL EX LIGHTS ON BOARD EITHER MISSING BONDING, GROUNDING WIRE, ARE NO LONGER INTRINSICALLY SAFE, OR HAVE CRACKED/BROKEN LENSES. 74 SOLAS (04) II-1/45.1.3 40 A/C

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 6 May 2024
Resolution: Vessel submitted class tech report verifying that all cracked lenses and missing bonding/grounding wire were rectified.

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (cargo)

Issued 11 April 2024 Resolved

EACH VESSEL VAPOR CONNECTION FLANGE FACE MUST HAVE A PERMANENT STUD. PORT SIDE MANIFOLD VAPOR MANIFOLDS (BOTH FWD AND AFT) DO NOT HAVE PERMANENT STUDS. VESSEL SHALL NOT LOAD CARGOES THAT REQUIRE USE OF A VAPOR CONNECTION/COLLECTION SYSTEM ON THE PORT SIDE MANIFOLDS WHILE IN THE UNITED STATES PRIOR TO RECTIFICATION. 46 CFR 39.2001(j) 40 A/C

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 6 May 2024
Resolution: Vessel submitted class tech report and pictures on board the vessel, illustrating rectifcation of deficiencies.

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)

Issued 24 March 2023 Resolved

The high-level alarm required by paragraph (a) of this section must activate an alarm once the cargo level reaches 95 percent of the tank capacity or higher, but before the tank overfull alarm. Vessel's high-level and overfill alarm sensor in the 5 starboard tank is malfunctioning, both alarms activated with cargo only at 79.5 percent full. 46CFR39.2007(c)(1)

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 24 December 2023
Resolution: verified findings in ABS Class report that attested to the replacement of the effected sensor, proper operation and tests completed on High Level Alarm and Overfill Alarm System.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifeboats

Issued 24 March 2022 Resolved

Maintenance, testing, and inspections of life saving appliances shall be carried out in a manner having due regard to ensuring reliability of such appliances. PSCO observed broken grab line on starboard side of lifeboat. 74SOLAS III/20.3.1

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 9 June 2022
Resolution: Received class report stating the hand grab line was replaced.

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.