MSC BALTIC III

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

MSC BALTIC III is a 2003 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 2018, most recently in November 2024, along with 4 deficiencies and 3 operational controls.

Records from 2018 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 12 November 2024.

Built: 2003
Last inspected: 12 November 2024
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 22
Deficiencies: 4 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 12 November 2024

Recorded inspections22

…physical examinations10

…administrative events8

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2018–2024)

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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9241475

5LDA4

1106962

Flag

LIBERIA

Maury page id

psix-1106962

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it25407 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
12733 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
33853 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
44576 - Displacement, 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 · 22

12 November 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8029939

6 March 2024 PSC A

Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7873245

1 January 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7844042

22 March 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7414433

27 October 2021 PSC B · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7340510

3 May 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7187951

26 March 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7163432

7 March 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7151656

7 February 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7137004

30 July 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7019864

10 May 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6951017

28 March 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6932730

24 January 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6895397

13 December 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6873526

9 December 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6870428

10 October 2019 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6831917

8 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6777003

17 May 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6686587

19 January 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6612569

29 December 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6603787

1 November 2018 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6572374

4 October 2018 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6554595

Deficiency record · 4

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 12 November 2024 Resolved

Life buoys complying with the requirements of LSA CODE of the CODE shall be ... Fitted with retro- reflective material where it will assist in detection and in accordance with the recommendation of the organization. PSCO observed degraded or missing retro- reflective tape on the 05 life buoys. 74 SOLAS(20)III/7.1.1 LSA CODE 1.2.2.7

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 12 November 2024
Resolution: Ships crew replaced damages and worn reflective tape.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Rescue boats

Issued 6 March 2024 Resolved

Rescue boats shall be stowed: in a state of continuous readiness for lauching in not more that five minutes. PSCO observed all rescue boat equipment stored in locker box near rescue boat. Not in compliance with LSA Code 5.1.2.1.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 6 March 2024
Resolved 6 March 2024
Resolution: Vessel moved all rescue boat equipment to the rescue boat.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire control plan

Issued 4 October 2018 Resolved

General Arrangement Plans shall be permanently exhibited for the guidance of the ship's officers, showing clearly for each deck the control stations, the various fire sections enclosed by "A" class divisions together with particulars of the fire detection and fire alarm systems, the sprinkler installation, the fire extinguishing appliances... The approved Fire Control Plan stamped by class on 04SEP2015 (DNVGL) does not include additional fire extinguishing appliances for the boiler room IAW II-2/10.5.1.2

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 3 November 2018
Resolved 1 November 2018
Resolution: Received satisfactory documentation of installed extinguishers and Class approved update to Fire Control Plan.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts

Issued 4 October 2018 Resolved

Every liferaft shall be stowed with its painter permanently attached to the ship. The painters for all four liferafts were not properly attached in a float-free arrangement.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 4 October 2018
Resolved 4 October 2018
Resolution: Crew attached painter line to weak link for all 4 liferafts immediately.

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.