MERIDIAN EXPRESS

Tank Ship · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

MERIDIAN EXPRESS is a 2013 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 2016, most recently in July 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 1 operational control.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 29 July 2025.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 29 July 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 1 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 Tank Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 29 July 2025

Recorded inspections15

…physical examinations12

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2016–2025)

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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9596272

3FQH2

1244128

Flag

PANAMA

Maury page id

psix-1244128

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it56890 - Displacement, Ton
29289 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
12209 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
47984 - Dead Weight, 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 · 15

29 July 2025 PSC B · COC-CHEM Renew

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8196968

17 November 2024 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8035844

9 October 2024 COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8016688

3 August 2023 Administrative Inspection · COC-CHEM Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7759916

26 September 2022 Random ISPS/MTSA/PSC

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7572983

5 March 2022 PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7406312

19 November 2021 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7354437

2 March 2021 PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7146138

26 March 2020 COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6930483

14 March 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6643113

3 February 2019 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6619182

31 July 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6226480

30 July 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6224714

26 June 2017 ISPS II Exam · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6182681

11 April 2016 COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5846659

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 9 October 2024 Resolved

Oil tankers of 150 gross tons and above shall be equipped with an oil discharge monitoring and control system (ODME). Communication system for valve control in Cargo control room and local hydraulic valve was operational one day prior, however, [name withheld] was unable to prove operation of ODME using approved test procedures during USCG examination. MARPOL/I/31.2

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 17 November 2024
Resolution: Submitted documentation and evidence of repair to ODME.

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.