KIRAN AFRICA

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

KIRAN AFRICA is a freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 2019, most recently in March 2026, along with 3 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 2019 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 25 March 2026.

Built: Not recorded
Last inspected: 25 March 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 5
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

9491173 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

9HA2734

MISLE id

1128906

Flag

MALTA

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-1128906

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2019–2026)

The 5 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 Bulk Carrier class in Maury's sources begin in 1981.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it43439 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
27509 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
79105 - Dead Weight, Ton
93095 - Displacement, 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.

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. Reports.

Inspection history · 5

25 March 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8323381

20 September 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7306194

3 May 2021 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7187973

3 March 2019 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6635187

20 February 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6629423

Deficiency record · 3

14 - Pollution Prevention › 141 - MARPOL Annex I › Oil discharge monitoring and control system

Issued 20 September 2021 Resolved

Oil Filtering equipment referred in Paragraph 2 of this regulation shall comply with paragraph 6 of this regulation. The system shall also be provided with arrangements to ensure that any discharge of oily mixtures is automatically stopped when the oil content of the effluent exceeds 15 parts per million. PSCO observed broken seal on oil content meter. Require calibration prior to departure. MARPOL I/14.7

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 2 October 2021
Resolution: Recieved and reviewed class report from BV. Oil content meter satisfactorily calibrated.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions

Issued 3 March 2019 Resolved

7105-Stairways which penetrate only a singe deck shall be protected at one level by a self closing door. Galley door leading to upper deck provisions store stairway is not self closing. 74 SOLAS (2014) II-2/9.2.3.4.2 50ac

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 29 April 2019
Resolved 3 May 2021
Resolution: RCVD PROOF OF SELF CLOSING DOOR.

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Railing, gangway, walkway and means for safe passage

Issued 3 March 2019 Resolved

3103-Guard rails fitted on super structure decks shall have at least three courses. Two of the three guard rail courses between starboard rescue boat and starboard life rafts are wasted and missing. ILLC REG. 25(3)

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 29 April 2019
Resolved 3 May 2021
Resolution: RCVD PROOF OF 03 GUARD RAILS.

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.