MCKEIL SPIRIT

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2000s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

MCKEIL SPIRIT is a 2007 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2016, most recently in July 2026, along with 2 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 6 July 2026.

Built: 2007
Last inspected: 6 July 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 2 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 6 July 2026

Recorded inspections11

…physical examinations10

…administrative events1

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2016–2026)

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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9347023

VCAS

1114766

Flag

CANADA

Maury page id

psix-1114766

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it3300 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
13750 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
18500 - Displacement, Metric Ton
9472 - 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 · 11

6 July 2026 Canadian Vsl Safety Exam (D9 only) · PSC B · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8430621

19 March 2025 PSC B · Canadian Vsl Safety Exam (D9 only)

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8095122

8 September 2023 PSC B · Canadian Vsl Safety Exam (D9 only)

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7787540

29 October 2022 PSC B · Canadian Vsl Safety Exam (D9 only)

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7585390

9 April 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7171846

18 June 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6980117

8 April 2020 Canadian Vsl Safety Exam (D9 only)

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6935984

2 April 2019 Canadian Vsl Safety Exam (D9 only)

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6653488

28 April 2018 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6401239

27 February 2018 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6360815

16 April 2016 Enhanced Seaway Inspection (Massena only) · Administrative Inspection · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · Joint Vessel Security Verification (Massena only)

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Massena · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 5857376

Deficiency record · 2

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 9 April 2021 Resolved

74 SOLAS (14) I/II(a) The condition of the ship shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regualtions to ensure that the ship remains fit to proceed to sea. PSCO found large inset approximately 4 inches deep and approximately 24 inches long on the outside hull of the ship with unknown structual damage to the longitudinal frames located in the starboard no. 1 ballast side tank.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 10 May 2021
Resolved 15 April 2021
Resolution: Porivded Class report noting damage and plan to fix the damage at their next dry dock.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Obstruction/slipping, etc.

Issued 9 April 2021 Resolved

74 SOLAS (04)II-1/29.13.2 Steering gear machinery and controls shall include handrails and grating or other non-slip surfaces. PSCO found steering gear machinery space did not provide handrails or non-slip surfaces on deck.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 10 May 2021
Resolved 4 May 2021
Resolution: Recieved Photos from vessel showing steering gear space with properly installed non-skid paint, and metal handrails.

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.