ML HERON

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2010s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

ML HERON is a 2014 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2016, most recently in October 2024, along with 1 deficiency and 5 operational controls.

Records from 2016 to 2024. Most recent: operational control imposed, 1 October 2024.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 1 October 2024
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

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9700043

D5UZ2

1321590

Flag

LIBERIA

Maury page id

psix-1321590

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded5

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2016–2024)

The 16 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 Bulk Carrier class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it36449 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
63542 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
75196 - Displacement, Metric Ton
21612 - 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 · 16

1 October 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8012372

2 July 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7947263

22 September 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7796324

22 May 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7693878

8 May 2023 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7683471

29 May 2021 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7209829

23 May 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station South Padre Island · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7204879

17 May 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7199706

3 July 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6994486

11 April 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6935197

19 January 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6612667

19 January 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6613446

5 October 2018 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6553423

24 July 2018 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Southeastern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6476995

23 July 2018 Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6488632

20 September 2016 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6000765

Deficiency record · 1

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (cargo)

Issued 23 July 2018 Resolved

Vessel reported failure of the closing pump for the Electrolysis unit rendering the BWMS inoperative. Flag and Class have been notified and have projected a resolution date of 18Sept18.

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 5 October 2018
Resolution: Sector Maryland-NCR recieved documentation , including [name withheld] attesting to the good condition of the BWMS.

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.