NIGHTINGALE ISLAND

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

NIGHTINGALE ISLAND is a 2015 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 2016, most recently in June 2024, along with 4 deficiencies and 2 operational controls.

Records from 2016 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 29 June 2024.

Built: 2015
Last inspected: 29 June 2024
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

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9705287

VRTX3

1325737

Flag

HONG KONG

Maury page id

psix-1325737

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations7

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded3

Years with a record 5 calendar years (2016–2024)

The 14 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 it61587 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
72442 - Displacement, Metric Ton
34447 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
20174 - 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 · 14

29 June 2024 PSC B · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7940038

29 June 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7944832

24 June 2024 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7941482

6 September 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7050025

4 September 2020 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7050136

4 September 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7050246

23 November 2018 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6582053

11 August 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6508389

6 August 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6502214

27 July 2018 Ballast Water Examination · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6495365

19 February 2018 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS III Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Long Island Sound · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6357457

18 February 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Long Island Sound · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6358909

3 August 2017 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6220169

8 April 2016 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5840978

Deficiency record · 4

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 29 June 2024 Resolved

The machinery, boilers and other pressure vessels associated piping systems and fittings shall be of a design and construction adequate for the service for which they are intended. It was reported that there was an operational irregularity with the vessel's MDE blower. 74SOLAS20 II-1/26.1 10c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 29 June 2024
Resolution: Received, reviewed and accepted class report from ABS attesting to the crew troubleshooting the pressure switch on the auxiliary blower and found that there was debris in the pressure switch line. Pressure switch line was cleared by crew.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Operation of machinery

Issued 29 June 2024 Resolved

The machinery, boilers and other pressure vessels associated piping systems and fittings shall be of a design and construction adequate for the service for which they are intended. Conduct primary repairs to the vessel's #2 air compressor assembly. 74SOLAS20 II-1/26.1 10c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 29 June 2024
Resolution: Received, reviewed and accepted Class report from ABS attesting to the crew replacing the piston/liner and installation on the air compressor.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 29 June 2024 Resolved

The machinery, boilers and other pressure vessels associated piping systems and fittings shall be of a design and construction adequate for the service for which they are intended. PSCO observed non-class approved temporary repair to the #1 LTC seawater inlet line. 74SOLAS20 II-1/26.1 40ac

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 3 July 2024
Resolution: Received, reviewed and accepted Class report from ABS attesting to the permanenet repair to the LTC Cooler.

Engineering › Compressed Air System (start air) › Bursting Disc

Issued 19 February 2018 Resolved

On 18 February 2018 during maneuvering to the state pier on the Thames river, the vessel had a failure to the air start system. The failure was to the #2 cylinder bursting disc which blew up and prevented the start air system to maintain adequate pressure to the main propulsion to the main engine.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 19 February 2018
Resolved 19 February 2018
Resolution: Corrected on the spot. Witnessed satisfactory main engine test.

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.