BAO RESOURCE

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

BAO RESOURCE is a 2011 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 2018, most recently in January 2026, along with 2 deficiencies and 2 operational controls.

Records from 2018 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 25 January 2026.

Built: 2011
Last inspected: 25 January 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 4
Deficiencies: 2 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 25 January 2026

Recorded inspections4

…physical examinations1

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2018–2026)

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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9609823

VRIZ4

1167076

Flag

HONG KONG

Maury page id

psix-1167076

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it33037 - Simplified, Gross Ton
33037 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
19228 - Simplified, Net Ton
19239 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
56546 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
67681 - Displacement, 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

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. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 4

25 January 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8301416

11 November 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6578961

5 March 2018 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6362435

28 February 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6363634

Deficiency record · 2

Lifesaving › Launching Appliances › Davit

Issued 5 March 2018 Resolved

0635- launch arrangt. For rescue boats-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. PSCO observed rescue boat davit hydraulic supply line to control unit rupture during operational test and davit incapable of slewing left or right causing the rescue boat to be incapable of launching. Additionally, found hydraulic accumulator: tank wasted on outboard side with apparent plate separation. Provide documentation from Certificate [name withheld] attesting to the sat operation of rescue boat davit and condition of hydraulic accumulator. SOLlAS 74 a 2014 cons III/20 17a

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 7 March 2018
Resolution: Received class report from BV stating ship management provided corrective action plan and ship’s crew renewed broken hydraulic line and de-rusted and painted hydraulic accumulator tank. BV survey found sat repairs and operation of rescue boat davit.

Lifesaving › Inflatable Liferafts › Painter

Issued 5 March 2018 Resolved

Each life raft or group of liferafts shall be stowed with a float-free arrangement complying with the requirements of the LSA Code that each floats free and, if inflatable, inflates automatically when the ship sinks. PSCO observed 01 P/S liferaft painter not secured to vessel. The Chief Mate corrected the painter arrangement on the spot. SOLAS 74 a 2014 Cons III/13 10c

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 5 March 2018
Resolution: The Chief Mate corrected the painter arrangement 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.