ML SWALLOW

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

ML SWALLOW is a 2015 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2016, most recently in June 2025, along with 6 deficiencies and 3 operational controls.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 13 June 2025.

Built: 2015
Last inspected: 13 June 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 6 recorded · 0 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 Bulk Carrier class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 13 June 2025

Recorded inspections11

…physical examinations4

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2016–2025)

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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9723992

V7VM5

1368248

Flag

LIBERIA

Maury page id

psix-1368248

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it36449 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
21600 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
63591 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
75197 - Displacement, Metric 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 · 11

13 June 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8158571

13 May 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8134799

21 May 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7455970

18 May 2022 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7454060

29 May 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6698761

5 September 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6533148

14 June 2018 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6418704

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

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6107365

28 September 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6011758

24 September 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6010467

24 September 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6012487

Deficiency record · 6

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Fire protection systems

Issued 13 May 2025 Resolved

Maintenance, testing and inspections shall be carried out based on the guidlines developed by the organization and in a manner hauling due regard to ensuring the reliability of fire fighting systems and appliances. PSCO observed c02 pilot lines taught and bent at 90 degrees at the fitting and kinked due to excessive twisting. Additionally the discharge lines where rubbing against bottles and other metal fittings causing additional wear on the discharge lines.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 15 May 2025
Resolution: Satifactory RO report submitted.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances

Issued 27 May 2022 Resolved

Self-contained compressed air breathing apparatus of firefighter's outfits shall comply with paragraph 2.1.2.2 of chapter 3 of the fire safety systems code by 01 JULY 2019. Compressed air breathing apparatus shall be fitted with an audible alarm and a visual or other device which will alert the user before the volume of the air in the cylinder has been reduce to no less than 200. PSCO observed 02 SCBA's with INOP low level alarms. 74 SOLAS (20) CH II-2/REG 10.1.2 FSS Code Chapter 3.2.1.2.2

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 27 May 2022
Resolution: PSCO observed the crew replace the batteries for the scba low level alarms and both were tested satisfactory

Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Self-igniting Lights

Issued 14 June 2018 Resolved

Not Less than one half of the total number of lifebuoys shall be provided with lifebuoy self-ignitiong lights. Vessel is required to have 12 lifebuoys and only has 5 with operational lights.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 15 June 2018
Resolution: Vessel Received new light

Engineering › Diesel Engine (propulsion-direct drive) › Nozzle, Injection (fuel injection)

Issued 27 March 2017 Resolved

1410-Propulsion Main Engine.External High pressure fuel delivery lines between the high pressure fuel pumps and fuel injectors shall be protected with a jacket piping system capable of contaiing fuel form a high pressure line failure. PSCO noted 9 of 20 fuel jacketed lines were not properly secured. 74SOLAS(14)II-2/4.2.2.5.2

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 10 April 2017
Resolved 14 June 2018

Engineering › Lubricating Oil Storage/Transfer System › Gauge

Issued 27 March 2017 Resolved

0750-Fire Prevention. Oil leveg gauges may be used in place of sounding pipes subject to the follwoing conditions, use of oil level gauges with flat glass and self closing valves between the gauge and tank. PSCO noted that the GE LO ST and MD Cylinder Oil storage tanks had string holding the self closing valve in the open position. 74SOLAS(14)II-2/4.2.2.3.5.2.2

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 10 April 2017
Resolved 14 June 2018

Documentation › Logs/Records › Oil Record Book

Issued 27 March 2017 Resolved

1710-Oil Record Book. Where there are clear gounds for believing that the master of crew are not familiar with essential shipboard procedures relating to the prevention of pollution by oil. PSCO identified numerous IOPP 3.1 tank sounds logged in the Oil Record Bookd that did not match the current IOPP certificated dated back to 5FEB17. MARPOL Annex I/Reg 11.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 10 April 2017
Resolved 14 June 2018

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.