KM HONGKONG

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2010s · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW)

KM HONGKONG is a 2010 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 2017, most recently in January 2024, along with 4 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 2017 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 16 January 2024.

Built: 2010
Last inspected: 16 January 2024
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 5
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 Bulk Carrier class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 16 January 2024

Recorded inspections5

…physical examinations4

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2017–2024)

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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9461099

A8SV4

1110890

Flag

LIBERIA

Maury page id

psix-1110890

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it82131 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
27324 - Simplified, Net Ton
27324 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
42942 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
42942 - Simplified, Gross Ton
94350 - 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

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 · 5

16 January 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7848243

21 July 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7257883

27 August 2019 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6791861

21 November 2017 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6306561

15 November 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6307175

Deficiency record · 4

Personnel › Training › Familiarization Training

Issued 21 November 2017 Resolved

2550-Maintenance of ship and equipment-The company should establish procedures to ensure that new personnel and personnel transferred to new assignments related to safety are given proper familiarization with their duties. PSCO observed crew not provided with sufficient familiarization training for assigned duties as observed with C/O and 3/O unfamiliar with inspection criteria relating to life raft configuration. Company to attest to duty familiarization training of crew prior to departure. 74SOLAS(14) IX/3, ISM 6.3, 17ac.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 25 November 2017
Resolution: Received class report from ABS stating all outstanding deficiencies have been rectified. The class report stated: The vessel operator provided crew training addressing liferaft/lifeboat configuration and release and inspection procedures.

Lifesaving › Launching Appliances › Release Mechanism

Issued 21 November 2017 Resolved

0628-Stowage of life rafts-Every life raft shall be stowed with its painter permanently attached to the ship. PSCO observed painters not attached to life raft cradles on both the port and starboard side. 74SOLAS(14) III/13.4.1, 10c.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 21 November 2017
Resolved 21 November 2017
Resolution: Painter was attached according to SOLAS training manual to rectify deficiency on the spot.

Documentation › Logs/Records › Garbage Recordkeeping

Issued 21 November 2017 Resolved

2120-Garbage-Each discharge into the sea or to a reception facility, or a completed incineration, shall be promptly recorded in the Garbage Record Book. PSCO observed missing and incorrect entries by the chief officer in the garbage record book for plastic and cooking oil on 24FEB17 and 11SEP17. MARPOL V/10.3.1, 10c.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 21 November 2017
Resolved 21 November 2017
Resolution: [name withheld] was observed to follow procedure for missed entries in the Garbage Record Book to rectify the deficiency on the spot. Receipts for the missing entries were provided to validate the entries.

Fire Fighting › Structural - A Class Divisions › Doors

Issued 21 November 2017 Resolved

0750-Fire prevention-doors required to be self-closing shall not be fitted with hold-back hooks. PSCO observed two galley doors designated as A-15 self-closing to have tie backs fitted and in use. 74SOLAS(14) II-2/9.4.2.2, 10c.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 21 November 2017
Resolved 21 November 2017
Resolution: Crew was educated on the importance of self-closing doors and instructed to discontinue use of the tie backs.

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.