BALSA 93

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2010s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

BALSA 93 is a 2013 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 23 inspections since 2014, most recently in July 2026, along with 4 deficiencies and 2 operational controls.

Records from 2014 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 22 July 2026.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 22 July 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 23
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9616072 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

3FGU7

MISLE id

1274057

Flag

PANAMA

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-1274057

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations9

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded9

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2014–2026)

The 23 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 Bulk Carrier class in Maury's sources begin in 1981.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it7738 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
10474 - Displacement, Metric 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 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 · 23

22 July 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8444082

20 July 2026 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8442929

15 June 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8405850

29 January 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8303871

10 June 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8156411

13 March 2025 Security Breach

Type not classified · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8093405

6 June 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7468401

30 November 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7103392

1 November 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7088199

8 May 2019 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6604499

3 August 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6500065

2 May 2018 Deficiency Check · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6400860

1 May 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6402267

25 March 2017 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6106491

12 April 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5852703

28 March 2016 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5841810

17 February 2016 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS III Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5816464

11 October 2015 COE-Administrative · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5740306

5 September 2015 COE-Dockside

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5233901

13 August 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5214794

11 August 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5212973

17 June 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4887595

13 June 2014 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4887727

Deficiency record · 4

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of escape

Issued 10 June 2025 Resolved

The purpose of this regulation is to provide means of escape so that persons on board can safely and swiftly escape to the lifeboat and liferaft embarkation deck. For this purpose, the following functional requirements shall be met: escape routes shall be maintained in a safe condition, clear of obstacles. PSCO observed portable A/C units on port and stbd bridge wings with supply duct connected to bridge wing doors and blocking clear access to bridge wing means of escapes. 74 SOLAS (09) II-2/13.1.2

Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Resolved 10 June 2025
Resolution: PSCO observed crew removal of A/C units, resulting in escape route clear of obstacles.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of escape

Issued 10 June 2025 Resolved

The purpose of this regulation is to provide means of escape so that persons on board can safely and swiftly escape to the lifeboat and liferaft embarkation deck. For this purpose, the following functional requirements shall be met: escape routes shall be maintained in a safe condition, clear of obstacles. PSCO observed removal of portable A/C unit ducts that was an obstacle and tripping hazad to port and stbd bridge wing means of escapes. 74 SOLAS (09) II-2/13.1.2

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 10 June 2025
Resolution: PSCO observed crew removal of A/C units, resulting in escape route clear of obstacles.

Operations/Management › Bilge/Bilge System Management › Control of Excess Water

Issued 2 May 2018 Resolved

The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regulations to ensure that the ship in all respects will remain fit to proceed to sea without dangers to the ship or persons on board. On May 2,2018 during the engine room portion of the PSC exam the attending psco noticed excess water in the bilge due to a leak in the stern tube water tight seal.PSCOs then reviewed documentation dated 29MAR18 reporting 2208 liters/day of seawater collecting in the bilge.Company provided temporary procedures to minimize leakage on 11APR18.On 18APR18 0.20m3 of contaminated lube oil was drained and replaced with 0.22m3 lube oil. During the 34 day time frame from initial discovery of the leak until the PSC exam the vessel failied to notify their class society as per Chapter 13 of the vessel's SMS procedures for Management of Deficieny and Non-Conformity.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 3 May 2018
Resolution: Class society issued a satisfactory survey as well as mitigation measures.

Engineering › Shafting/Propeller Arrangements › Stern Tube Lubrication/Sealing

Issued 2 May 2018 Resolved

In all cases stern tubes shall be enclosed in watertight spaces of moderate volume. Due to a failure of the watertight sealing in the stern tube.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 3 May 2018
Resolution: Class issued a satisfactory survey as mell as measures to mitigate the current condition of the stern tube seal.

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.