BALSA 91

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

BALSA 91 is a 2013 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 20 inspections since 2016, most recently in June 2026, along with 2 deficiencies and 4 operational controls.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 16 June 2026.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 16 June 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 20
Deficiencies: 2 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 16 June 2026

Recorded inspections20

…physical examinations8

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded6

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2016–2026)

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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9616058

3FTK7

1241235

Flag

PANAMA

Maury page id

psix-1241235

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it7746 - Dead Weight, Ton
10474 - Displacement, Ton
5698 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
2606 - Convention (Subpart B), Net 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

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 2016 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

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Inspection history · 20

16 June 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8406235

8 April 2026 Administrative Inspection · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8344532

28 July 2025 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8196426

25 December 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8050701

17 May 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7914350

26 July 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7752690

20 March 2023 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7653393

18 March 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7653037

13 March 2023 COE-Offshore

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7650280

16 June 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7479615

8 May 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7192097

19 January 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7126434

19 January 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7126437

27 December 2019 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6879581

1 October 2018 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6550504

22 September 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6546216

7 August 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6506894

28 September 2017 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6276551

1 August 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6227441

2 August 2016 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5960738

Deficiency record · 2

15 - Safety Management Systems (ISM) › N/A - No Subsystem › Reports of non-conf., accidents & hazardous occur.

Issued 8 May 2021 Resolved

[withheld — contains personal information; the deficiency system, dates, and resolution status are shown above]

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 11 May 2021
Resolution: Fire detection system was repaired prior to psc b exam, NKK conducted ISM audit attesting to repairs made to fire detection system.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Loading/Ballast condition

Issued 1 October 2018 Resolved

2134 - Ballast Water Treatment System To discharge ballast water into the waters of the United States, the master, owner, operator, agent or person in charge of a vessel subject to 151.2025 of this subpart must either ensure that the ballast water meets the ballast water discharge standard in 151.2030(a), use an AMS as described in 151.2025(a)(3), or ballast with water from a U.S. public water system, according to the schedule in paragraph (b) of this section. Subject vessel, of keel laid date 24DEC2010 and ballast water capacity 2872.43 m^3, is past its compliance date per the implementation schedule in 33 CFR 151.2035 (b). Currently, vessel’s installed BWTS is inoperative. Vessel is not authorized to discharge untreated ballast into the waters of the U.S. without prior written authorization from the local Captain of the Port under the provisions of 33 CFR 151.2040 (b). - 33CFR151.2035 - Action taken - 40c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 10 October 2018
Resolution: Technician replaced broken parts. System is now operational. Class has approved repairs.

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.