APL HOUSTON

Freight Ship · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 2010s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

APL HOUSTON is a 2014 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2016, most recently in July 2026, along with 3 deficiencies and 2 operational controls.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: operational control imposed, 10 July 2026.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 10 July 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

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9597537

9V9921

1280616

Flag

SINGAPORE

Maury page id

psix-1280616

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations9

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2016–2026)

The 11 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 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 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 2016.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it117207 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
153518 - Displacement, Metric Ton
109699 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
64695 - 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.

One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.

Inspection history · 11

10 July 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8434652

4 July 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8427900

21 May 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8373601

28 October 2020 PSC A

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7085762

24 October 2019 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6841012

22 February 2019 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6630346

27 December 2018 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6603326

22 October 2018 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6567824

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

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6264218

2 August 2016 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 5960928

23 June 2016 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 5916374

Deficiency record · 3

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

Issued 27 December 2018 Resolved

FOLLOWING INSTALLATION, THE MASTER, OWNER, OPERATOR, AGENT, OR PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE VESSEL MUST PROPERLY MAINTAIN THE BWMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATIONS. VESSEL REPORTED BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INOPERABLE. VESSEL SHALL NOT DISCHARGE BALLAST WATER INTO U.S. WATERS. 33CFR151.2025(a)(1)

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 22 February 2019
Resolution: VESSEL CORRECTED AND SENT CLASS REPORT.

Construction/Loadline › Markings › Load Line Mark

Issued 11 September 2017 Resolved

Code: 0120 Cite: ICLL 66, I/8 Action: 40ac The ring, lines, and letters shall be painted in white or yellow on a dark ground. The marks shall be plainly visible and if necessary, special arrangements shall be made for this purpose. The load line is not of a contrasting color and is poorly visible in it's present condition.

Due 11 September 2017
Resolved 10 October 2017

Engineering › Fuel Oil Service System › Pump

Issued 2 August 2016 Resolved

Code: 1410 Action: 60ac 74SOLAS(14cons) II-1/26 Means shall be provided whereby normal operation of propulsion machinery can be sustained or restored even though one of the essential auxiliaries becomes inoperative. Vessel experienced a loss of propulsion, and was unable to regain propulsion without bypassing the engines flow meter.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 2 August 2016
Resolved 3 August 2016
Resolution: Received report from vessels Class (ABS) allowing the use of an installed bypass for maintenance in order to prevent reoccurance.

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.