ZHONG CHANG 398

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2000s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

ZHONG CHANG 398 is a 2009 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 2024, most recently in February 2025, along with 4 deficiencies.

Records from 2024 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 18 February 2025.

Built: 2009
Last inspected: 18 February 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 3
Deficiencies: 4 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 18 February 2025

Recorded inspections3

…physical examinations2

…administrative events1

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2024–2025)

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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9432737

BPLH4

1213519

Flag

CHINA

Maury page id

psix-1213519

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it33547 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
18486 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
68093 - Displacement, Metric Ton
57157 - Dead Weight, 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 1 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 · 3

18 February 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8080615

7 December 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8044494

8 February 2024 PSC B · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7855758

Deficiency record · 4

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Division - decks, bulkheads and penetrations

Issued 8 February 2024 Resolved

The purpose of this regulation is to contain fire... the integrity of the division shall be maintained at openings and penetrations. In battery room, class A boundary, PSCE observed missing packing in electrical penetration. 74SOLAS(20)II-2/9.1.3 40ac

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 26 April 2024
Resolution: Received class report of survey and corrective reports with pictures. Deficiencies rectified.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 8 February 2024 Resolved

Terminations and joints in all conductors shall be so made as to retain the original electrical, mechanical, flame-retarding and, where necessary, fire-resisting properties of the cable. Wiring in boatswain (FWD) was spliced together. 74SOLAS(20)II-1/45.5.6 40ac

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general

Issued 8 February 2024 Resolved

Electrical installation shall be such that... The safety of passengers, crew, and ship from electrical hazards will be ensured. Frayed wires were found throughout the ship. Def Rectified. 74SOLAS(20)II-1/40.1.3 40ac

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 22 February 2024
Resolved 8 February 2024
Resolution: Deficiency was rectified on the spot, verified by the PSCO.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Fire protection systems

Issued 8 February 2024 Resolved

Fire extinguishers shall... in such a way that their serviceability is not impaired by the weather, vibration, or other external factors. Portable fire extinguishers were not bracketed properly throughout the ship. 74SOLAS(20)II-2/10.3.2.4 40ac

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 22 February 2024
Resolution: Received satisfactory class report.

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.