PALU LNG

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

PALU LNG is a 2014 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2017, most recently in August 2026, along with 4 deficiencies — 1 with no resolution recorded — and 1 operational control.

Records from 2017 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 17 August 2026.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 17 August 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 1 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 17 August 2026

Recorded inspections13

…physical examinations10

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2017–2026)

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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9636735

9HA3423

1322852

Flag

MALTA

Maury page id

psix-1322852

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it103885 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
89874 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
122887 - Displacement, Metric Ton
31165 - 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 · 13

17 August 2026 PSC B · COC-GAS Renew

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8460658

7 November 2025 PSC B · COC-GAS Annual

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8259181

24 March 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8095878

9 August 2024 PSC B · COC-GAS Renew

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7971820

26 July 2023 COC-GAS Annual · PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7727767

17 June 2022 PSC B · COC-GAS Renew

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7473448

10 May 2021 PSC B · COC-GAS Annual

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7189467

14 October 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7077275

24 March 2020 PSC B · COC-GAS Renew

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6927277

19 December 2018 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6600375

24 November 2018 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · COC-GAS Renew

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6583321

3 February 2017 Ballast Water Examination · COC-GAS Renew · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6080335

3 February 2017 Special

Type not classified · Liquefied Gas Carrier National Center of Expertise · Activity 6092879

Deficiency record · 4

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Atmosphere testing instruments

Issued 17 August 2026 Resolved

Gas detection equipment should be so designated that it may readily be tested. Testing and calibration should be carried out at regular intervals. Suitable equipment and span gas for this purpose should be carried on board. Where practicable, permanant connections for each euipment should be fitted. Gas detection point, GD073(double pipe for GCU), incapable of measuring 50% LEL, Detector reads 40% LEL, and activates alarm. and triggers MGV closure, but fails to balance. Recalibration produced no change in the dector's ability to accurately measure.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 17 August 2026
Resolved 17 August 2026
Resolution: Sensor was replaced, repaired operation.

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Atmosphere testing instruments

Issued 17 August 2026 Resolved

Gas detection equipment should be so designated that it may readily be tested. Testing and calibration should be carried out at regular intervals. Suitable equipment and span gas for this purpose should be carried on board. Where practicable, permanant connections for each euipment should be fitted. Gas sampling system inoperable. System fails to measure above 31% LEL, and fails to alarm. Vessel's crew is directed to conduct atmospheric testing with portable meters in all sample areas at one hour intervals.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 25 August 2026
Resolved 17 August 2026
Resolution: Inspected and certified operational by RO

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Lighting (Working spaces)

Issued 17 August 2026 No resolution recorded

Intrisically safe electrical equipment and wiring may be fitted in all gas-dangerous spaces and zones as defined in 1.3.17 Inoperable lighting found in cargomotor room, cargo compressor room, and Port side passageway, 06 in total.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 18 October 2026

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

Issued 24 November 2018 Resolved

Gas fuel piping should not pass through accomodation spaces, service spaces, or control stations. Gas for fuel piping may pass through or extend into other spaces provided they fulfil one of the following; the double-wall piping system or the ventilated pipe, or duct provided for the gas fuel piping should terminate at the ventilation hood or casing required by 16.3.4. The double-wall piping system (ventilated type) is compromised by a hole located in the outer pipe between the GVU romm and the GCU, eliminating the double-wall protection. Piping does not terminate properly.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 19 December 2018
Resolved 6 February 2019
Resolution: The subject deficiency is cleared; it has been determined that the vessel meets the requirements of 93 IGC code and ABS rules referred to by 46CFR154.

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.