EXPLORER AMERICA

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2010s · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW)

EXPLORER AMERICA is a 2011 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 2012, most recently in February 2024, along with 4 deficiencies.

Records from 2012 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 27 February 2024.

Built: 2011
Last inspected: 27 February 2024
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 8
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

9566576 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

C6YW5

MISLE id

1180110

Flag

HONG KONG

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-1180110

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations5

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2012–2024)

The 8 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 it33894 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
33894 - Simplified, Gross Ton
61684 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
70847 - Displacement, Metric Ton
20020 - Convention (Subpart B), Net 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.

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. Reports.

Inspection history · 8

27 February 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7868693

23 May 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7450963

1 January 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7374454

21 August 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7026596

3 June 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6702394

1 March 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5824676

22 September 2015 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5720485

4 June 2012 ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4322502

Deficiency record · 4

Lifesaving › Lifeboat › Rudder/Tiller/Steering

Issued 22 September 2015 Resolved

Rudder could not turn all the way to port.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 25 September 2015
Resolved 25 September 2015
Resolution: Class verification of proper maintenance done on rudder.

Personnel › Manning/Qualifications › Minimum Safe Manning

Issued 4 June 2012 Resolved

Every company shall ensure that its ships are manned in compliance with the applicable safe manning requirements of the administration. Ship has been operating without a 1st/engineer since letter of dispensation expired 4 days ago. 17bc

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 15 June 2012
Resolution: A first engineer was sent to the vessel.

Personnel › Certificates/Documents/Licenses › STCW Endorsement

Issued 4 June 2012 Resolved

0220 Documentary proof shall be readily available that application of endorsement has been submitted to the administration. Second Officer unable to provide documentary proof of application for flag endorsement. STCW I/10.5 17BC

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 15 June 2012
Resolution: Received proof of application to the Bahamas flag state.

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Oily Water Separator (15 ppm)

Issued 4 June 2012 Resolved

1730 After any survey of the ship has been completed, no change shall be made in the equipment covered by the survey. Ship’s crew is unable to prove proper operation of the ship's oily water separator.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 15 June 2012
Resolution: Received class report attesting to the proper operation of the OWS.

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.