AFRICAN AVOCET

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

AFRICAN AVOCET is a 2015 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 2017, most recently in July 2026, along with 3 deficiencies and 4 operational controls.

Records from 2017 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 21 July 2026.

Built: 2015
Last inspected: 21 July 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 22
Deficiencies: 3 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 21 July 2026

Recorded inspections22

…physical examinations11

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded6

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 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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9738870

C6D23

1372786

Flag

BAHAMAS, THE

Maury page id

psix-1372786

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it34769 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
20209 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
61328 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
72922 - 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.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspection history · 22

21 July 2026 Administrative Inspection · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8443134

24 June 2026 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8413284

5 May 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8129047

13 November 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8029116

26 September 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7798846

13 April 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7430015

7 October 2021 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7328338

27 August 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7290235

26 August 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7290344

4 April 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6935459

15 December 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6874706

12 December 2019 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6858500

19 August 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6788123

4 August 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6772218

29 October 2018 NPV Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6569413

24 October 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6567240

19 October 2018 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6564262

17 October 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6571415

12 October 2018 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6554763

12 October 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Dauphin Island · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6560147

19 February 2018 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6356806

14 April 2017 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6124305

Deficiency record · 3

14 - Pollution Prevention › 148 - Ballast Water › Extraordinary Condition Claims

Issued 24 June 2026 Resolved

The master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of a vessel equipped with ballast tanks that operates in the waters of the United States must employ one of the authorized ballast water management methods listed in 33 CFR 151.2025(a). Vessel's ballast water management method is inoperable. Vessel has been granted an extraordinary circumstance to employ the ballast water management method listed in 33 CFR 151.2025(a)(3) to conduct cargo operations while in the Sector New Orleans COTP zone. In accordance with 33 CFR 151.2040(b)(3), the vessel must discharge only that amount of ballast water operationally necessary to ensure the safety and stability of the vessel for cargo operations. 33 CFR 151.2025(a) 40c

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 16 July 2026
Resolved 9 July 2026
Resolution: Please find the following documents received. 1. Master Statement 2. Technician’s service report 3. Class NKK survey record 4. Full-term Ballast water management certificate

14 - Pollution Prevention › 148 - Ballast Water › Ballast Water Management System (BMWS)

Issued 27 August 2021 Resolved

CG006 - BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - EACH BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MANUFACTURED UNDER COAST GUARD APPROVAL MUST HAVE A NAMEPLATE WHICH IS SECURELY FASTENED TO THE BWMS AND PLAINLY MARKED BY THE MANUFACTURER WITH THE INFORMATION LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (b) OF THIS SECTION. PSCO OBSERVED BWMS WITHOUT REQUIRED NAMEPLATE. THE COAST GUARD APPROVAL CERTIFICATE WAS POSTED ON SYSTEM. 46CFR 162.060-22(a) - 40ac

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 7 October 2021
Resolution: VSL provided documentation that clearly idcicates they are not required to have a data plate for thier AMS, they do not have a CG Approved BWTS.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Ballast, fuel and other tanks

Issued 19 October 2018 Resolved

07123-Ballast- The master of each vessel subject to this part shall install and operate a BWMS that has been approved by the Coast Guard. PSCO noted that the installed AMS 92013 JFE BALLAST ACE-001) experienced an explosion in the disinfectant dissolution unit rendering the system inoperable.33CFR151.1510

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 4 April 2020
Resolution: PSC NOLA received a tec report from JFE satisfying the requirement.

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.