WHITE DEFENDER

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

WHITE DEFENDER is a 2012 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 2017, most recently in April 2025, along with 4 deficiencies and 2 operational controls.

Records from 2017 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 26 April 2025.

Built: 2012
Last inspected: 26 April 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 7
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

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9621895

VRWH4

1219427

Flag

HONG KONG

Maury page id

psix-1219427

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2017–2025)

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.

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 it24167 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
12156 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
36940 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
46912 - Displacement, 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.

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

Inspection history · 7

26 April 2025 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8120642

16 April 2025 Deficiency Check · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8108278

8 April 2025 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8107962

9 May 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6680596

30 April 2019 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6675254

18 April 2019 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6665065

26 January 2017 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6072606

Deficiency record · 4

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

Issued 17 April 2025 Resolved

IN A SHIP IN WHICH FUEL OIL IS USED, THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE STORAGE, DISTRIBUTION AND UTILIZATION OF THE OIL FUEL SHALL BE SUCH AS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE SHIP AND PERSONS ONBOARD. PSCO OBSERVED FUEL OIL LEACKING FROM A HEAT EXCHANGER IN THE PURIFIER ROOM AND APPROXIMATLY 10 GALLONS OF FUEL OIL IN THE CONTAINMENT BELOW THE HEAT EXCHANGER. SOLAS II-2 REG. 4.2.2

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 19 April 2025

14 - Pollution Prevention › 141 - MARPOL Annex I › Oil discharge monitoring and control system

Issued 18 April 2019 Resolved

14107- Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control System - The arrangement on board the ship for the extraction of samples from the 15ppm bildge alarm should give a truly representative sample of the effluent pressure and flow. PSCO observed a valve installed in the sample extraction line. This valve is included in the vessel's approved piping diagram provided by the ships crew. However, PSCO believes the installed valve in the sample line can prevent the OCM from receiving a truly representative sample of the effluent. - MARPOL 73/78 Annex I/14.7/MEPC.107(49)6.2.2 - 17ac

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 23 April 2019
Resolution: Received, reviewed, approved LR class report. Vessel removed the sample line valve and updated the OWS piping diagram.

15 - Safety Management Systems (ISM) › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (ISM)

Issued 18 April 2019 Resolved

15113 - Other (ISM) - The company should establish procedures, plans, and instructions, including checklists as appropriate for key shipboard operations concerning protection of the environment. Company's procedures include inspection and maintenance of 15 ppm device, however PSCO recommends furthur instructions and checklists be provided to ensuredevice is receiveing a truly representative sample. PSCO recommends an audit of vessel's SMS by the...certificate issuing authority be completed within 30 days. -74 SOLAS(2014) IX/3.1/ISM code A/12.1. - 50ac

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 18 May 2019
Resolved 30 April 2019
Resolution: Received, reviewed and accepted class report submitted by RINA. An audit was not deemed necessary, and no changes were made to vessel's SMS.

Documentation › Safety Management System › Conformity Maintenance Procedures

Issued 26 January 2017 Resolved

0725-The company and the ship shall comply with the requirement of the ISM code. SEE NARATIVE. SOLAS 74a (09) Ix/3.1, ISM code part A reg 7 10

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 26 January 2017
Resolved 26 January 2017
Resolution: Master filled non conformaty via SMS

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.