BALSA 84

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2010s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

BALSA 84 is a 2011 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 21 inspections since 2011, most recently in March 2026, along with 6 deficiencies and 3 operational controls.

Records from 2011 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 15 March 2026.

Built: 2011
Last inspected: 15 March 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 21
Deficiencies: 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9580259 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

3EXE5

MISLE id

1147904

Flag

PANAMA

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-1147904

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations11

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded5

Years with a record 15 calendar years (2011–2026)

The 21 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 it7720 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
10474 - Displacement, Metric Ton
5715 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
2606 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
5715 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
2606 - Convention (Subpart B), Net 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 · 21

15 March 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8327249

15 December 2025 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8283393

29 September 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8243214

4 April 2024 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7890261

19 January 2023 PSC B · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7622325

12 August 2022 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7531927

29 July 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7519585

23 February 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7139902

10 March 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6924211

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

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6765950

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

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6422157

28 October 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6296761

20 April 2017 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6126324

14 January 2016 ISPS III Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5797166

21 October 2015 Administrative Inspection · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5743637

7 October 2014 ISPS II Exam · COE-Dockside · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4994843

26 May 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4870192

24 March 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4821657

19 March 2014 COE-Offshore · ISPS I Exam

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4819046

28 May 2012 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4325997

31 August 2011 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4126559

Deficiency record · 6

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Pilot ladders and hoist/pilot transfer arrangements

Issued 4 April 2024 Resolved

The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regulations to ensure that the ship in all respects will remain fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons on board. PSCO received a report from the VA pilot of a severely deteriorated pilot ladder in a condition that presented a danger to persons boarding the vessel. 74SOLAS(20)I/11(a) 17c

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 8 April 2024
Resolution: vessel replaced pilot ladder. see photos in documents

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifeboat inventory

Issued 20 January 2023 Resolved

All life-saving appliances and arrangements shall comply with the applicable requirements of the code. rations shall be kept in airtight packaging PSCO observed 13 food rations not in airtight condition

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 3 February 2023
Resolved 23 January 2023
Resolution: Ordered and replaced 13 food rations in the life boat.

Engineering › Fuel Oil Storage/Transfer System › Piping

Issued 31 May 2018 Resolved

Each transfer pipe system used for the transfer of oil or liquid hazardous material to or from a vessel with the capacity of 250 barrels or more must not leak under static liquid pressure at least 1.5 time the maximum allowable working pressure (MAWP) annually. The last hydrostatic test at 1.5 MAWP of vessels bunker lines was conducted in 2014. provide documentation attesting to liquid hydrostatic testing of oil transfer piping systems prior to bunkering in the United States. 33 CFR 156.170 c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 703 - Prior to bunkering operations
Resolved 8 June 2018
Resolution: Conducted a P-II PSC administrative deficiency follow up activity. SEC NOLA PSC/Arrivals Branch received a class proper documentation satisfying the requirement(s) and cleared 01 deficiency from SECTOR NEW ORLEANS Activity #6422157. 00 deficiency remain(s

Lifesaving › Launching Appliances › Davit

Issued 21 October 2015 Resolved

Before the ship leaves port and at all times during the vogage, all lifesaving appliances shall be in working order and ready for immediate use. The vessel's rescue boat davit is inoperable and will not allow for the launching of the rescue boat.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 21 October 2015
Resolved 21 October 2015
Resolution: Received survey report from NKK. Rescue boat davit is fully operational.

Deck/Cargo › Holds/Tanks › Portable Gas Measuring Equipment

Issued 7 October 2014 Resolved

1199 SOLAS chap VI/3.1 IMSBC 3.2.5 When transporting a bulk cargo which is liable to emit a toxic or flammable gas, or cause O2 depletion in the cargo space, an app. instrument for measuring the concentration of gas or O2 shall be provided together with instructions. Crew could not calibrate or have span gas to calibrate equipment. Crew calibrated O2 sensor by blowing into the intake port. 40ac

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 25 November 2014
Resolution: Attending inspectors verified crew had knowledge of, the implemented procedures for calibrating instruments to detect the concentration of gas or O2 in the cargo spaces.

Documentation › Safety Management System › Critical Equipment/Systems ID Procedures

Issued 7 October 2014 Resolved

2500 SOLAS IX/3.1 ISM 1.4.2 Every company should developed, implement and maintain a SMS which includes the following: instructions and procedures to ensure safe operation of ships and protection of the environment in compliance with international/flag legislation. It was discovered that there were no training, procedures for use of or calibrating the O2 sensor. 40ac

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 25 November 2014
Resolution: Attending inspectors verified proper training procedures were implemented and being used to calibrate O2 sensors.

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.