BALSA 87

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2010s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

BALSA 87 is a 2012 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2016, most recently in September 2025, along with 6 deficiencies and 3 operational controls.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 27 September 2025.

Built: 2012
Last inspected: 27 September 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

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9616022

3EWS

1172171

Flag

PANAMA

Maury page id

psix-1172171

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations8

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2016–2025)

The 16 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 it5698 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
2606 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
10465 - Displacement, Ton
7767 - 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.

One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.

Inspection history · 16

27 September 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8230360

6 September 2024 Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7997545

21 March 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7883006

9 September 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7554856

11 May 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7448941

9 January 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7120587

24 January 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6895847

19 May 2019 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6684952

29 June 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6459582

7 May 2018 ISPS III Exam · Ballast Water Examination · NPV Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6404658

25 March 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6378139

22 March 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6376417

17 July 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6212365

20 June 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6181085

9 May 2017 ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6134530

22 February 2016 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5816985

Deficiency record · 6

14 - Pollution Prevention › 148 - Ballast Water › Ballast Water Management System (BMWS)

Issued 6 September 2024 Resolved

Following installation, the master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of the vessel subject to this subpart must properly maintain the BWMS in accordance with all manufacturer specifications. 33CFR 151.2025(A)(1)

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 23 September 2024
Resolution: received tech and class report attesting to repairs. Technician replaced the DSP PCBC.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifeboat inventory

Issued 9 September 2022 Resolved

The normal equipment of every lifeboat shall consist of: a food ration as described in paragraph 4.1.5.1.18 totalling not less than 10,000 kj for each person the lifeboat is permitted to accommodate. PSCO found 02 open food rations onboard lifeboat. 75SOLAS20 III/34 LSA Code 4.4.8.12

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 15 September 2022
Resolved 14 September 2022

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Steam pipes and pressure pipes

Issued 9 September 2022 Resolved

Every steam pipe and every fitting connected thereto through which steam may pass shall be so designed, constructed and installed as to withstand the maximum working stress... PSCO observed leak in steam line for heat exchanger. 74SOLA09 II-I/33.1

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 14 September 2022

Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Self-Activitating Smoke Signals

Issued 7 May 2018 Resolved

0650-LIFE BUOYS: Vessel shall be provided no less than two self-activating smoke signals with lifebuoy complying with the requirements of paragraph 2.1.3 of the code. PSCO observed port bridge wing smoke buoy expired. SOLAS74(2009)III/7.1.3 (17ac)

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 8 May 2018
Resolution: MSU Savannah verified proper installation of self activating smoke signal from documentation sent by the Master.

Documentation › Manuals/Policy Documentation › Cargo/Ballast System Instruction Manual

Issued 9 May 2017 Resolved

0199- Other (certificate)- Failed to maintain a ballast water management plan with actions for implementing the mandatory BWM requirements and practices. Vessel has apporved AMS on board and is currently using system to meet U.S. Ballast requirements however their plan does not mentioun AMS, reference AMS, technical drawings or any AMS operations. 46 CFR 151.2020 (g)(2) 50a.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 8 June 2017
Resolved 12 May 2017
Resolution: Received class report satisfying all requirements.

Electrical › Electric Generation Source (emergency) › Generator

Issued 9 May 2017 Resolved

1499- Other (Prop & Aux Machinery) A self contained emergency source of electrical power shall be provided;PSCO observed while starting E-generator that the hurtz did not come up during test run. PSCO instructed ships crew to place electrical load on EDG. EDG did auto start, but did not come up to speed or take electrical load. SOLAS 74 (14) II-I/43.1.1 10.C

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 9 May 2017
Resolved 9 May 2017
Resolution: Electric Generation Source (emergency) was corrected to the satisfaction of the PSCO

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.