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BALSA 86
BALSA 86 is a freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 24 inspections since 2016, most recently in September 2025, along with 5 deficiencies and 8 operational controls, 1 with no removal date recorded.
Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 3 September 2025.
- Built
- Not recorded
- Last inspected
- 3 September 2025
- Documentation
- Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- 1 with no removal date recorded
Identity
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.
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded10
Years with a record
8 calendar years (2016–2025)
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded.
The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by
the kind of activity 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.
Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it5715 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
2606 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
10474 - Displacement, Ton
7720 - Dead Weight, Ton
2606 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
10474 - Displacement, Ton
7720 - Dead Weight, 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
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Inspection history · 24
3 September 2025
PSC B
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8219995
11 December 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7607281
22 July 2022
PSC B
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7513413
15 July 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7509801
7 May 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7191787
7 May 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7191838
8 December 2020
PSC B
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7104877
27 October 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7084977
20 May 2019
ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6679340
25 February 2019
In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6631579
1 November 2018
Ballast Water Examination · ISPS III Exam · PII Safety Exam
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6570232
23 October 2018
ISPS II Exam · COE-Dockside · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6564393
12 October 2017
ISPS II Exam · Administrative Inspection · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6286148
4 August 2017
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6230753
10 June 2017
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6171187
8 November 2016
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6037718
17 October 2016
Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · Deficiency Check · ISPS II Exam
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6018176
24 May 2016
In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5885130
18 May 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5880754
3 April 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5846229
2 April 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5845653
31 March 2016
COE-Dockside
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5844299
1 March 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5830100
25 February 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5823137
Deficiency record · 5
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 11 December 2022
Resolved
Arrangements shall be provided to enable the pilot to embark and disembark safely on either side of the ship. Port State Control Duty Officer recvd report from Pilots Association informing our office of the vessels damaged pilot ladder. Pilot informed master the crew needs to inspect the ladder prior to rigging and recommended aquiring a new ladder. 74SOLAS(20)V/23.3.1
15 - Safety Management Systems (ISM) › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (ISM)
Issued 23 October 2018
Resolved
Every company should develop, implement and maintain a safety management system which includes instructions and procedures to ensure safe operation in compliance with relevant international and Flag State legislation. The [name withheld] did not follow the procedures outlined in the vessel's SMS, in regards to loading of dry bulk cargo, by not recording the GM calculation or draft readings, which resulted in the vessel sailing overloaded. Recommended external audit by Flag.
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Overloading
Issued 23 October 2018
Resolved
Vessel's load line shall not be submerged at any time when the ship puts to sea, during the voyage, or on arrival. Upon arrival, PSCO observed starboard side load line submerged. Through further investigation, the PSCO observed the port side load line submerged and determined the vessel did not meet minimum freeboard requirements as indicated on the vessel’s International Load Line Certificate (ILLC). The freeboard measurements were 2,555 mm starboard and 2,565 mm portside; the minimum freeboard required by the ILLC is 2,613 mm.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › International Oil Pollution Prevention (IOPP)
Issued 23 October 2018
Resolved
The International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate (IOPP) shall be drawn up in the form corresponding to Appendix II to this annex. The vessel's IOPP Form A did not identify the maximum capacity for incinerating oil residues as required.
Fire Fighting › Firemans Outfit › Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
Issued 19 October 2017
Resolved
0925-Every crew member with assigned emergency duties shall be famiiar with duties before the voyage begins. During fire drill conducted during PSC exam, the nozzleman was observed entering the space without donning his SCBA facemask. After Discussion with the crew, it was determined this was not in line with his training.
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.