HC OPAL

Freight Ship · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 2010s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

HC OPAL is a 2010 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2015, most recently in July 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 2015 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 10 July 2025.

Built: 2010
Last inspected: 10 July 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9377846 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

V2FF9

MISLE id

1120357

Flag

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-1120357

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 5 calendar years (2015–2025)

The 10 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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 1980.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it8395 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
15617 - Displacement, Metric Ton
4196 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
11185 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 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.

Radio station licence

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

Inspection history · 10

10 July 2025 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8182266

2 July 2025 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8172959

26 June 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8168075

29 July 2019 ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6758774

23 July 2019 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6759895

16 May 2018 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6415680

20 March 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6371220

2 February 2017 ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6077548

17 July 2015 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5181389

16 July 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5180111

Deficiency record · 3

Electrical › Lighting (service) › Lighting Fixture

Issued 16 May 2018 Resolved

No elcetrical equipment shall be installed in any space where flammable mixtures are liable to collect, E.G. in compartments assigned principally to accumulator batteries, in paint lockers, acetylene stores or similar spaces unless the administration is satisfied that such equipment is of a type which will not ignite the mixture concerned. PSCO found an installed jumper wire used for battery charging, tied into the explosion proof lighting within the battery room. The jumper posed an electrical hazard as it had exposed leads and terminals. vessels crew removed jumper prior to PSCO departing the vessel.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 16 May 2018
Resolved 16 May 2018
Resolution: Vessel personnel removed jumper prior to PSCO departing vessel.

Fire Fighting › Firemans Outfit › Protective Clothing

Issued 17 July 2015 Resolved

0735 - Vessel's firefighting suits (2 suits) were found to be in poor condition. 74 SOLAS (09) II-2/14.2.1.2

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 18 July 2015
Resolution: Vessel received new fire suits. Received documentation from RINA required to clear deficiency.

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Oily Residue (sludge/slop) Tank

Issued 17 July 2015 Resolved

0999 - The drain line on the incinerator's waste oil tank was outfitted with an unapproved modification. 74 SOLAS (09) I/11(b)

Due 15 August 2015
Resolved 13 August 2015
Resolution: Received, reviewed and accepted report from RINA attesting to removal of modification and the system is found as required.

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.