CAIFU CHAO

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

CAIFU CHAO is a 2015 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 2024, most recently in April 2026, along with 2 deficiencies.

Records from 2024 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 1 April 2026.

Built: 2015
Last inspected: 1 April 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 5
Deficiencies: 2 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 Tank Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 1 April 2026

Recorded inspections5

…physical examinations4

…administrative events1

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2024–2026)

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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9725823

D5IM4

1373221

Flag

LIBERIA

Maury page id

psix-1373221

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it6203 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
25801 - Displacement, Metric Ton
19998 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
12145 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross 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

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 1 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 5

1 April 2026 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8331881

27 April 2025 PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Annual

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8120858

30 January 2025 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8072137

8 March 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7876152

15 February 2024 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · PSC A

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7865878

Deficiency record · 2

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Safe access to tanker bows

Issued 15 February 2024 Resolved

Every tanker shall be provided with the means to enable the crew to gain safe access to the bow even in severe weather conditions. PSCO's observed that grates on the upper cat-walk near the bow of the vessel were damaged and unable to be properly secured. 74 SOLAS (20) II-2/3-3.2

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 19 February 2024
Resolved 17 February 2024
Resolution: Received class report from NKK stating that the grates were repaired and properly secured.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance and inspections

Issued 15 February 2024 Resolved

Before the ship leaves port and at all times during the voyage, all life saving appliances shall be in working order and ready for immediate use, PSCO's observed that the painter line on the forward life raft was attached to the packing band, thus rendering the life raft not ready for its intended use. PSCO's observed that the quick release life buoy was not attached to the smoke signal, rendering the smoke signal not ready for its intended use. 74 SOLAS (20) III/20.2

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 19 February 2024
Resolved 15 February 2024
Resolution: Witnessed satisfactory repairs.

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.