MSC CARMEN

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

MSC CARMEN is a 2008 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 2015, most recently in August 2026, along with 10 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 2015 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 4 August 2026.

Built: 2008
Last inspected: 4 August 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 18
Deficiencies: 10 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9349813 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

3EQT

MISLE id

1231272

Flag

PANAMA

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-1231272

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations16

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2015–2026)

The 18 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 it50963 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
30224 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
82672 - Displacement, Ton
63359 - Dead Weight, 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 · 18

4 August 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8453489

10 January 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8293905

26 June 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8167845

22 June 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8164097

10 August 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7975639

5 June 2024 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7928973

28 May 2024 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7921439

23 February 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7868896

11 August 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7774176

8 August 2023 PSC A

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7762542

14 November 2019 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6855560

15 October 2019 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6832259

4 September 2017 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6259051

17 July 2017 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6211785

11 July 2016 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5937063

19 August 2015 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 5220351

11 August 2015 Administrative Inspection · ISPS II Exam · Deficiency Check · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5206696

10 August 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5211723

Deficiency record · 10

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 22 June 2025 Resolved

Atleast two independent means shall be provided for communicating orders from the navigation bridge to the position in the machinery space... One of these shall be an engine-room telegraph which provides visual indication of the orders and responses both in the engine room and on the navigation bridge. Master notified PSCO of inoperable bridge main engine telegragph. 74SOLAS(04)II-I/37.2

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 22 June 2025
Resolution: Ship's engineers replaced telegraph. Telegraph has full functionality, approved by DNV.

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

Issued 1 June 2024 Resolved

A fixed pressure water-spraying fire-extinguishing system complying with the provisions of the fire safety systems code. 74 SOLAS (20) II-2/10.4.1.1.3 Any required automatic sprinkler... shall be capable of immediate operation at all times and no action by the crew shall be necessary to set it in operation. Vessel reported water mist system only works in local control. FSS Code 8.2.5.1.1

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Due 5 June 2024
Resolved 5 June 2024
Resolution: Sector Charleston rec'd class report attesting to repairs and proper functioning of the water mist system.

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

Issued 28 May 2024 Resolved

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 1 June 2024
Resolution: Code 17ac amended to a code 15ac due to delivery of wrong parts here in New York.

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 15 October 2019 Resolved

The date when musters are held, details of abandon ship drills and fire drills, drills of other life-saving appliances and on board training shall be recorded. Details of drills conducted were not being recorded. 50ac

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 15 November 2019
Resolved 14 November 2019
Resolution: Received a satisfactory Class Report.

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 15 October 2019 Resolved

Each transfer pipe system must not leak under static liquid pressure at least 1 1/2 times the maximum allowable working pressure. The frequency of the tests and inspections required by this section must be, for vessels, annually. Vessel has conducted pressure test using air. Vessel is not allowed to bunker in the United States.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 16 October 2019

Fire Fighting › Structural - A Class Divisions › Machinery Spaces

Issued 17 July 2017 Resolved

0750-Fire resisting divisions shall be kept in good order so as to ensure their required performance if a fire occurs. A60 Heat shielding in emergency steering torn and not protecting boundary. 74 SOLAS (2014 CONS) II-2/14.2.1.1

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 August 2017
Resolved 4 September 2017
Resolution: torn insulation was found reparied by attending class surveyor.

Operations/Management › Drills/Instruction › Not Conducted

Issued 17 July 2017 Resolved

0925-Enclosed space entry and rescue drills should be planned and conducted in a safe manner and shall be given with regular intervals of instructions in the use of the ship's lifesaving and fire extinguishing appliances every two months. Vessel has not conducted an enclosed space drill since 21JAN17. 74SOLAS(2014 CONS) iii/19.3.6

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Due 18 August 2017
Resolved 4 September 2017
Resolution: An enclosed space drill was carried out on 20Jul2017.

Operations/Management › Pollution › Retention of Oily Mixture

Issued 17 July 2017 Resolved

0999-The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regs to ensure that the ship in all respects will remain fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons onboard. Excessive oily liquid build up in emergency steering gear room. 74SOLAS(2014 CONS) 1/11

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Due 18 August 2017
Resolved 4 September 2017
Resolution: The steering gear room has been cleaned meeting the requirements of the attending surveyor.

Fire Fighting › Fixed Pressure Water-Spraying Fire Extinguishing System › Pump

Issued 11 August 2015 Resolved

0725- fixed fire extinguishing installation- Fire-fighting systems and appliances shall be kept in good working order and readily available for immediate use. The local fixed water mist/fog system was found in the "off" position rendering the system incapable of being started automatically and from a remote position. 74SOLAS(04) II-2/14.2.1.2

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 11 August 2015
Resolved 11 August 2015
Resolution: Chief Engineer switched the system in the auto position and PSCO witness the test of system.

Fire Fighting › Fixed Pressure Water-Spraying Fire Extinguishing System › Pressure

Issued 11 August 2015 Resolved

0725- fixed fire extinguishing installation- Fire-fighting systems and appliances shall be kept in good working order and readily available for immediate use. The local fixed water mist/fog system has a low water level and pump faults. 74SOLAS(04)II-2/14.2.1.2

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 11 August 2015
Resolved 12 August 2015
Resolution: Received class report attesting to rectification of noted deficiency.

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.