BBC OPAL

Freight Ship · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

BBC OPAL is a 2008 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 2011, most recently in September 2024, along with 3 deficiencies and 3 operational controls.

Records from 2011 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 21 September 2024.

Built: 2008
Last inspected: 21 September 2024
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 19
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

9506758 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

V2FR9

MISLE id

1150383

Flag

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-1150383

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations8

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded7

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2011–2024)

The 19 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 it14359 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
22996 - Displacement, Metric Ton
12810 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
5938 - 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 · 19

21 September 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8006715

1 August 2024 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7972258

2 August 2023 PSC B · COE-Administrative

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7734453

23 January 2020 Explosive Handling Operation-Commercial

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6894826

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

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6754007

18 July 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6754199

23 July 2018 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6484188

1 July 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6193912

27 June 2017 ISPS III Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6188164

30 May 2017 ISPS II Exam · COE-Dockside

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6159917

30 November 2015 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5766593

8 March 2014 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4809222

7 March 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4836548

2 July 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4365243

2 July 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4449172

1 May 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4295600

13 February 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4243561

21 September 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4151106

17 September 2011 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4147491

Deficiency record · 3

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances

Issued 2 August 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. PSCO observed hydrostatic release unit for the EPIRB was for liferaft use only. 74 SOLAS (am) III /20.2, 16ab

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 16 August 2023
Resolved 11 August 2023
Resolution: Recieved class report and pictures of the new hydrostaic release for EPIRB use only installed from the vessel.

Fire Fighting › Combustible Materials › Insulation

Issued 30 November 2015 Resolved

0999 - Other (Safety in General) - Means shall be provided to control leaks of flammable liquids. PSCO observed a bottle collecting oil and oil soaked lagging on the main diesel engine. 74 SOLAS 04 con. II-2/4.1.1.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 30 December 2015
Resolved 4 January 2016
Resolution: RECIEVED CLASS REPORT FRON DNV GL ATTESTING TO PROPER REPAIR.

Fire Fighting › Fire Hoses › Connections

Issued 23 September 2011 Resolved

SOLAS (2004 Cons) CH II-2 Reg 10.2.3.1.1 Each hose shall be provided with necessary couplings and nozzles. Two fire stations were missing spanner wrenches and 1 fire station was missing a nozzle.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 30 September 2011
Resolved 24 September 2011
Resolution: Received receipt of delivery for missing items

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.