EXPLORER AFRICA is a 2012 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 2016, most recently in July 2023, along with 1 deficiency and 1 operational control.
Records from 2016 to 2023. Most recent: inspection, 24 July 2023.
The 7 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.
This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 3 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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 it34039 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton 61360 - Dead Weight, Ton 19947 - Convention (Subpart B), Net 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 · 7
24 July 2023Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7750756
4 December 2022Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7604286
12 October 2021PSC B
Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7330705
18 December 2019Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6876349
29 August 2018Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6524784
31 January 2018Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6341352
19 July 2016Ballast Water Examination · NPV Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5938036
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Radar
Issued 4 December 2022Resolved
ALL SHIPS OF 300 GROSS TONNAGE AND UPWARDS AND PASSENGER SHIPS IRRESPECTIVE OF SIZE SHALL, IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH 2.2, BE FITTED WITH:
.2- A 9 GHz RADAR, OR OTHER MEANS, TO DETERMINE AND DISPLAY THE RANGE AND BEARING OF RADAR TRANSPONDERS AND OF OTHER SURFACE CRAFT, OBSTRUCTIONS, BUOYS, SHORELINES AND NAVIGATIONAL MARKS TO ASIST IN NAVIGATION AND IN COLLISION AVOIDANCE. VESSEL'S 9 GHz (X-BAND) RADAR IS NOT OPERATIONAL.
74SOLAS(20)V/19.2.3.2 40ac
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 5 January 2023
Resolved 23 July 2023
Resolution: Recieved tech/class report attesting to the proper operation of the X band radar
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.