SOUND PEARL

Public Freight · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

SOUND PEARL is a 2011 public freight. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2017, most recently in February 2025, along with 5 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 2017 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 4 February 2025.

Built: 2011
Last inspected: 4 February 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 5 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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 4 February 2025

Recorded inspections10

…physical examinations7

…administrative events3

Deficiencies 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 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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9452907

C6GD9

1162603

Flag

BAHAMAS, THE

Maury page id

psix-1162603

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it29829 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
15882 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
60646 - Displacement, Metric Ton
51658 - Dead Weight, Metric 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

4 February 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8074220

10 June 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7931896

14 July 2023 PSC B · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7740969

15 December 2021 PSC B · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7368093

26 April 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6944173

7 August 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6776225

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

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6758233

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

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6458987

7 July 2017 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6200893

19 March 2017 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6093010

Deficiency record · 5

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances

Issued 14 July 2023 Resolved

Fire fighting systems and appliances shall be kept in good working irder and redily availiable for immediate use.PSCO observed that the safety pins from levers of the CO2 bottles were still in place preventing the automatic discharge of the CO2. PSCO also observed that the safety set screw in the discharge head prevents manual discharge.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 21 July 2023
Resolved 15 July 2023
Resolution: FPS USA attended vessel to verify the operational condition for use. All sat.

15 - Safety Management Systems (ISM) › N/A - No Subsystem › Safety and environment policy

Issued 14 July 2023 Resolved

The company should establish procedures to ensure that new personnel transfered to new assignments related to safety and protection of the enviornment are given proper familiarization with their duties. After reviewing logs and documentatiion, the PSCO observed that the crew was not familiar with the operational readiness of the CO2 system.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 21 July 2023
Resolved 15 July 2023
Resolution: Class sent in report attesting to the re-familiarization with CO2 system with technician for the crew.

05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Satellite EPIRB 406MHz/1.6GHz

Issued 15 December 2021 Resolved

Subject to the provisions of regulation 8.3, a satellite emergency position-indicating radio beacon which shall be: capable of transmitting a distress alert through the polar orbiting satellite service operating in the 406 MHz band. EPRIB battery was expired.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 21 December 2021
Resolution: Recieved photos and doctumation show that battery was replaced.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances

Issued 22 July 2019 Resolved

Deficiency Code- 01303 Other The company should establish procedures to ensure that the ship is maintained in conformity with the provisions of the relevant rules and regulations and with any additional requirements which may be established by the company. Freshwater supply valve to water mist pump was found in the closed position. Ship crew could not provide established procedures on when this valve should be in the open (automatic) or closed (manual) positions. Ship form RC-007 11.3.7.d demonstrated crew inspected the water mist valve position on July 7th, 15th, and 22nd. UMS Checklist (Ship Form # CK-009) does not include checking that the water mist system is set to automatic. Deficiency Cite SOLAS 74(2014), IX-3/1 ISM Code 10.1

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 22 July 2019
Resolved 26 April 2020
Resolution: PSC NOLA received a class report from NKK satisfying the requirement.

Fire Fighting › Fixed Pressure Water-Spraying Fire Extinguishing System › Valves

Issued 19 March 2017 Resolved

0720-Fire fighting equipment-Fire protection systems and fire-fighting systems and appliances shall be maintained ready for use. Unable to determine operability of hypermist system protecting service diesel generators, specifically, the operability of the (03) solenoids. 74SOLAS(2009)II-2/14.1.1-50ac

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 19 April 2017
Resolved 8 July 2017
Resolution: SEC HOU-GAL PSC received a class report from NKK satisfying the requirement.

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.