SOLAR AFRICA

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

SOLAR AFRICA is a 2011 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 2020, most recently in March 2026, along with 1 deficiency.

Records from 2020 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 20 March 2026.

Built: 2011
Last inspected: 20 March 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 5
Deficiencies: 1 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 20 March 2026

Recorded inspections5

…physical examinations3

…administrative events2

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2020–2026)

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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9426128

A8XH4

1116719

Flag

LIBERIA

Maury page id

psix-1116719

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it32372 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
19458 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
67802 - Displacement, Ton
58064 - Dead Weight, 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 1 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

20 March 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8319683

30 November 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7831901

31 July 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7757159

30 March 2023 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7659608

24 June 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6979133

Deficiency record · 1

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Launching arrangements for rescue boats

Issued 30 November 2023 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. PSC notified that the davit/launching arrangements for the rescue boat is currently inoperable.

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 20 March 2026
Resolution: Received Class report attesting to proper repairs/operation of davit/launching arrangement.

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.