CLIPPER MEDWAY

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

CLIPPER MEDWAY is a 2011 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 2016, most recently in January 2024, along with 7 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 27 January 2024.

Built: 2011
Last inspected: 27 January 2024
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 8
Deficiencies: 7 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

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9587221

VRJG3

1152838

Flag

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Maury page id

psix-1152838

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4

…administrative events4

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2016–2024)

The 8 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 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.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it42884 - Displacement, Ton
34060 - Dead Weight, Ton
22656 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
11380 - Convention (Subpart B), Net 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.

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 · 8

27 January 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7856515

29 December 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7843374

12 May 2023 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7686625

24 March 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7417832

9 April 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7165386

3 February 2018 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6348898

29 March 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6113639

18 May 2016 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5868833

Deficiency record · 7

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Immersion suits

Issued 9 April 2021 Resolved

Before the ship leaves port and at all times during the voyage, all lifesaving appliances shall be in working order and ready for immediate use. During the deck walk, PSCO observed 6 deficient immersion suits in the Bosun Store. Upon further review it was found that the vessel had 14 deficient immersion suits on board. 74 SOLAS 14 III/20.2 17ac

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 12 April 2021
Resolution: Vessel provided proof of reception of new immersion suits. See Documents for reference.

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

Issued 8 February 2018 Resolved

Every ship to which Chapter I applies shall carry an appropriate portable atmosphere testing instrument capable of measuring concentrations of oxygen, flammable gases or vapors, hydrogen sulphide and carbon monoxide prior to entry into enclosed spaces. Suitable means shall be provided for the calibration of all such instruments. The only calibration gas onboard the vessel expired in June 2017. 17c - 74 SOLAS (2014) Chapter XI-1/7

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 19 February 2018
Resolution: MSU Lake Charles received, reviewed and accepted span gas delivery note for Lake Charles, LA

Engineering › Fuel Oil Service System › Piping

Issued 18 May 2016 Resolved

Currently the lagging on the propulsion engine fuel piping has been saturated with fuel oil from the cylinder heads down to the mid level, and leading forward by the engine block on lower level. -The three ship service generators have saturated lagging by the fuel strainers, excessive fuel oil under deck plate at no. 3 generator

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 19 May 2016
Resolved 23 May 2016
Resolution: Received Class Report. Witness repairs.

Engineering › Fuel Oil Service System › Piping

Issued 18 May 2016 Resolved

Currently there is evidence of numerous fuel oil leaks on the propulsion diesel engine and ship service generators that resulted in saturated fuel pipe lagging. Additionally, the no. 1 generator appeared to struggle under electrical load while paralleled with the no. 3 generator

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 19 May 2016
Resolved 24 May 2016
Resolution: Received an Email from Flag State accepting Class Findings. Received Class report. Observed repairs.

Documentation › Safety Management System › Conformity Maintenance Procedures

Issued 18 May 2016 Resolved

Currently the vessel crew did not follow all aspects of the Safety & Environmental procedures section 8.3 fire prevention, "Spillages of oil shall be wiped up and during safety rounds be on the lookout for possible fire hazards". Fuel oil was present and not addressed. Recommend external Safety Management System audit be conducted.

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 23 May 2016
Resolution: Received Class Report. Witnessed Affected areas properly cleaned and freshly painted.

Documentation › Manuals/Policy Documentation › Training Manual (lifesaving)

Issued 18 May 2016 Resolved

Currently the training manual states "A pressure gauge enables the wearer to ascertain the pressure of air remaining in the cylinder at any time, and a warning whistle indicates to the wearer that the cylinder capacity is low and that he should remove himself from any unsafe atmosphere". Two of the vessel's four breathing apparatus provided as part of the fire fighter's outfit do not have a warni

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 June 2016
Resolved 18 May 2016
Resolution: ship crew was able to demostrate that the low air alarm on the SCBA was properly working

Navigation › Piloting/Steering › US Coast Pilot

Issued 18 May 2016 Resolved

The Sailing Directions publication on the vessel, British Admiralty Sailing Directions sixth edition 2012 NP69A-Gulf of Mexico, is out of date and not currently corrected. The last correction logged in the publication is week 11/2014

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 19 May 2016
Resolved 23 May 2016
Resolution: Vessel received new currently corrected sailing directions publication on board.

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.