AFRICAN INSPIRATION

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

AFRICAN INSPIRATION is a 2011 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2016, most recently in May 2026, along with 4 deficiencies and 2 operational controls.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 15 May 2026.

Built: 2011
Last inspected: 15 May 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9599781 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

5LCB6

MISLE id

1174940

Flag

LIBERIA

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-1174940

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded4

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2016–2026)

The 11 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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 1981.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it34795 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
20209 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
61448 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
72322 - Displacement, Metric Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 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.

Radio station licence

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

Inspection history · 11

15 May 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8375669

14 May 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8372857

31 July 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8199280

5 November 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8016830

23 October 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7082768

23 October 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7084603

11 July 2020 Ballast Water Examination · Deficiency Check · PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6994474

1 July 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6993041

12 March 2019 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6626512

28 August 2017 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6245284

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

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5807492

Deficiency record · 4

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Oil accumulation in engine room

Issued 5 November 2024 Resolved

The purpose of this regulation is to prevent the ignition of combustible materials. Requirements shall be met to provide and control leaks of flammable liquids. PSCO observed oil soaked lagging and oil in purifier room. 74 SOLAS (20) II-2 4/1.1. 10c.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 5 November 2024
Resolved 5 November 2024
Resolution: Vessel replaced lagging and cleaned up oil.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Operation of machinery

Issued 11 July 2020 Resolved

Special consideration shall be given to the design, construction, and installation of propulsion machinery systems so that any mode at their vibrations shall not cause undue stresses in this machinery in the normal operating ranges. PSCO observed multiple rubber ties on the main engine local controls due to excessive vibrations. Crew stated it has been in this condition for over one month. 17ac 74SOLAS (14) II-1/26.8

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 15 July 2020
Resolution: Received, reviewed and accepted class report from NKK stating the deficiency was rectified. Class confirmed original spare air tube was replaced.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Enclosed space entry and rescue drills

Issued 11 July 2020 Resolved

Crew members with enclosed space entry or rescue responsibilities shall participate in an enclosed space entry and rescue drill to be held on board the ship at least once every two months. Enclosed space drill has last been conducted on APR 2020. 17ac 74SOLAS(14) III/19.3.3

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)

Issued 11 July 2020 Resolved

Ignition sources shall be separated from combustable materials and flammable liquids. PSCO observed two five gallon buckets of fuel oil and a stack of cardboard next to the incinerator. 10c 74SOLAS(14) II-2/4.1.5

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 11 July 2020
Resolution: Deficiency was corrected on the spot. Crew removed fuel oil buckets and cardboard from around incinerator and placed them in appropriate locations.

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.