SUN SHINE

Freight Ship · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Other hulls named SUN SHINE

SUN SHINE is a 2008 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 6 inspections since 2023, most recently in September 2025, along with 8 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 2023 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 19 September 2025.

Built: 2008
Last inspected: 19 September 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 6
Deficiencies: 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9471616 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

D7DB

MISLE id

1223169

Flag

SOUTH KOREA

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-1223169

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2023–2025)

The 6 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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it17825 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
17113 - Dead Weight, Ton
5348 - 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.

Inspection history · 6

19 September 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8227173

4 March 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8087725

11 December 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8046011

28 August 2024 PSC A

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7990863

21 November 2023 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7828197

19 October 2023 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7806215

Deficiency record · 8

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear

Issued 19 September 2025 Resolved

02105 - Steering Gear - All the steering gear components and the rudder stock shall be of sound and reliable construction to the satisfaction of the administration. PSCO observed excessive water leakage from both port and starboard steering gear assembly. 10 plus inches of water built up in steering gear bilges. 74SOLAS(04)II-1/29.2.1 - 17ac

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 19 September 2025
Resolved 20 September 2025
Resolution: See class report.

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

Issued 20 October 2023 Resolved

ALL ELECTRICAL APPARATUS SHALL BE SO CONSTRUCTED AND SO INSTALLED AS NOT TO CAUSE INJURY WHEN HANDLED OR TOUCHED IN THE NORMAL MANNER. PSCO OBSERVED GENERAL ELECTRICAL ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE ROOM TO INCLUDE: SEA CHEST ALARM SENSORS, 440v M/E J.W. PREHEAT POWER PANEL (PD-1), WINCH CONTROL POWER PANELS, AND RAW WATER PUMP CONTROLERS. 74SOLAS(09)ii-2/4.1.1 17a/c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 21 October 2023
Resolution: Class report was sent attesting to the satisfactory repair of 44v power panel. Full report and sufficient evidence added to documents tab.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation

Issued 20 October 2023 Resolved

FIRE-FIGHTING SYSTEMS AND APPLIANCES SHALL BE KEPT IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND READILY AVALIABLE FOR IMMEDIATE USE. PSCO OBSERVED A CATCH CAN BELOW THE HYPERMIST NOZZLE WHICH WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE FIRE SUPRESSION SYSTEM FROM OPERATING AS INTENDED. 74SOLAS(20)II-2/2.1.2 10c

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 20 October 2023
Resolution: Cup was removed from under the hyper mist nozzle.

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

Issued 20 October 2023 Resolved

THE MACHINERY, ASSOCIATED PIPING SYSTEMS AND FITTINGS SHALL BE OF A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ADEQUATE FOR THE SERVICE FOR WHICH THEY ARE INTENDED AND SHALL BE SO INSTALLED AND PROTECTED AS TO REDUCE TO A MINIMUM ANY DANGER TO PERSONS ONBOARD. PSCO OBSERVED POSITIVE CRANKCASE VENTELATOR, VENTING DIRECTLY TO THE ENGINE ROOM. 74SOLAS(04)II-I/26.1 17a/c

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 21 October 2023
Resolution: Class report was sent attesting to the satisfactory repair of positive crank case ventilation leak. Full report and sufficient evidence added to documents tab.

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

Issued 20 October 2023 Resolved

THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE UTILIZATION OF OTHER FLAMMABLE OILS EMPLOYED UNDER PRESSURE IN POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, CONTROL AND ACTIVATING SYSTEMS SHALL BE SUCH AS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE SHIP AND PERSONS ONBOARD. PSCO OBSERVED HYDRAULIC OIL LEAKS FROM INSIDE OF THE NO.2 SOLENOID V/V CABINET IWO ELECTRICAL SOLENOID CONTROLERS. 74SOLAS(09)II-2/4.2.4 17 a/c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 21 October 2023
Resolution: Class report was sent attesting to the satisfactory repair of hydraulic lines that were found to be loose. Full report and sufficient evidence added to documents tab.

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

Issued 19 October 2023 Resolved

Means shall be provided to control leaks of flammable liquids. PSCO discovered both main diesel engines with fuel oil and rags in all cylinders.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 21 October 2023
Resolution: Crew removed all rags and cleaned F/O around engine cylinders. L.O. and F.O. pipe connection components for both M/E were re-tightened using additional sealing devices, and the pump trays and their associated external components were meticulously cleaned.

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

Issued 19 October 2023 Resolved

All electrical apparatus shall be so constructed and so installed as not to cause injury when handled or touched in the normal manner. PSCO observed general electrical issues throughout engine room to include: #1 M/E, #2 M/E, MGDS Port Side, Galley Exhaust Fan.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 20 October 2023
Resolution: Crew removed all open wires. Inspection team attended vessel to observe repairs.

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency signal

Issued 19 October 2023 Resolved

Hydraulic power-operated steering gear shall be provided with the following: A low-level alarm for each hydraulic fluid reservoir to give the earliest practicable indication of hydraulic fluid leakage. Audible and visual alarms shall be given on the navigation bridge and in the machinery space where they can be readily observed. PSCO observed no audible and visual alarm for low-level alarm for the STBD steering gear on the navigation bridge.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 13 November 2023
Resolution: Vessels crew determined the cause of the inoperable alarm was due to the No. 1 S/G power unit being turning off during testing of the alarm. Crew retested the alarm with the No.1 S/G power unit on and the alarm was operational.

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.