BLUE FIN

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

BLUE FIN is a 2011 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2017, most recently in October 2025, along with 7 deficiencies and 2 operational controls.

Records from 2017 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 14 October 2025.

Built: 2011
Last inspected: 14 October 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 7 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 14 October 2025

Recorded inspections10

…physical examinations5

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 7 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 5 calendar years (2017–2025)

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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9607277

9HA2800

1150167

Flag

MALTA

Maury page id

psix-1150167

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it19132 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
56780 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
67681 - Displacement, Metric Ton
33042 - Simplified, Gross Ton
33042 - 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

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 2016 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

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Inspection history · 10

14 October 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8251442

19 April 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7898185

16 April 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7896447

8 April 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7886897

6 April 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7888669

6 August 2019 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6774560

2 April 2019 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS III Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6652952

27 March 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6650673

14 June 2018 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6443820

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

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6116924

Deficiency record · 7

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Oil accumulation in engine room

Issued 8 April 2024 Resolved

In a ship in which oil fuel is used, the arrangements for the storage, distribution and utilization of the oil fuel shall be such as to ensure the safety of the ship and persons onboard and shall atleast comply with the following provisions. PSCO observed oil and oily rag in cascade tank. 74 SOLAS(20), II-2/4.2.2, Prior to Departure, Code 17.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 11 April 2024
Resolved 9 April 2024
Resolution: Received, reviewed and accepted class report from [name withheld] stating the deficiency was rectified. BV surveyor verified cascade tank is free of oil and oily rags.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Remote Means of control (opening,pumps,ventilation,etc.) Machinery spaces

Issued 8 April 2024 Resolved

In multi-engine installations which are supplied from the same fuel souce, means of isolating the fuel supply and spill piping to individual engines shall be provided. PSCO observed quick closing fuel valve on number one generator inoperable. 74 SOLAS(20) II-2/4.2.2.5.5, Deficiency Rectified, Code 10

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 8 April 2024
Resolved 8 April 2024

14 - Pollution Prevention › 141 - MARPOL Annex I › Oil filtering equipment

Issued 2 April 2019 Resolved

14104 - Oil filtering equipment shall 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, having regard to the specification recommended by the Organization. PSCO observed that crew could not demonstrate alarm indicating that freshwater is feeding in to the oil content meter as required by MEPC.107(49). MARPOL Annex I/14.7 40ac

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 6 August 2019
Resolved 6 August 2019
Resolution: Class report received and reviewed by PSCO outlining procedures for setup of the autoflush mode and fresh water feed into the oil content meter. Report states feed water alarm system is in good working order.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 2 April 2019 Resolved

13199 - Boilers shall be provided with means to supervise and control the quality of the feedwater. Suitable arrangements shall be provided to preclude, as far as practicable, the entry of oil or other contaminants which may adversely affect the boiler. PSCO observed an oil substance inside the cascade tank. SOLAS 74 (2014) II-1/32.5

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 2 April 2019
Resolution: Corrected on the spot.

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Oily Water Separator (15 ppm)

Issued 11 April 2017 Resolved

MARPOL 1/14.7 - The system shall also be provided with arrangements to ensure that any discharge of oily mixture is automatically stopped when the oil content of the effluent exceeds 15ppm. During examination of the OWS, PSCO found a section of piping that was installed during system installation that could inadvertently be used to bypass the system and go directly overboard.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 11 April 2017
Resolved 14 April 2017
Resolution: Class report submitted to rectify deficiency.

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Oily Water Separator (15 ppm)

Issued 11 April 2017 Resolved

MARPOL 1/14.7 - MEPC.107(49) - 15ppm bilge separators should be capable of producing an effluent for discharge to the sea containing not more than 15ppm of oil irrespective of the oil content of the fee supplied to it. During operational test of OWS system, PSCO observed the system was unable to operate continuously, and produce effluent below 15ppm.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 11 April 2017
Resolved 14 April 2017
Resolution: Class report submitted to rectify deficiency.

Lifesaving › Rescue Boat › Construction

Issued 11 April 2017 Resolved

74 SOLAS(14)III/17.4 - Recovery time of the rescue boat shall be not more than 5 minutes. PSCO observed ships crew was unable to quickly recover rescue boat due to faulty limit switch.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 11 April 2017
Resolved 11 April 2017
Resolution: Deficiency corrected on the spot.

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.