SOUTHERN PUMA

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

SOUTHERN PUMA is a 2016 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2017, most recently in November 2025, along with 4 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 2017 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 25 November 2025.

Built: 2016
Last inspected: 25 November 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 4 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 25 November 2025

Recorded inspections12

…physical examinations9

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2017–2025)

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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9792008

D5MM9

1430741

Flag

LIBERIA

Maury page id

psix-1430741

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it14965 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
8108 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
26071 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
33186 - 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

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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 · 12

25 November 2025 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8270544

30 April 2021 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7185654

13 June 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6975297

10 March 2020 COC-CHEM Annual · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6922992

22 April 2019 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6669226

18 March 2019 ISPS II Exam · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6632020

2 December 2018 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6590559

4 October 2018 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6555054

15 May 2018 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6414731

4 May 2018 COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6395852

25 April 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6399221

17 March 2017 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · COC-CHEM Renew

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6106757

Deficiency record · 4

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

Issued 25 November 2025 Resolved

The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regulations to ensure that the ship in all respects will remain fit for to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons onboard. PSCO observed Chief Engineer unable to operate the oil content meter to display the history. PSCO observed [name withheld] unable to calibrate the portable gas detectors. 74SOLASI/11a

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 3 December 2025
Resolution: Received internal audit report attesting to adequate training and updates to the ship's SMS.

15 - Safety Management Systems (ISM) › N/A - No Subsystem › Shipboard operations

Issued 25 November 2025 Resolved

The company shall comply with requirements of the ISM code. The company should ensure that all personnel involved in the company's safety management system have adequate understanding of relevant rules, codes and guidelines. The operational nature of deficiency 01 provides objective evidence of a failure of the ISM code. An internal audit report satisfactory to the OCMI must be submitted within 90 days. PSCO observed crew was unable to follow established procedures while operating the oil content meter on the oil water seperator and while calibrating the portable gas detectors. 74SOLASIX/3.1 ISM Code 6.4

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 23 February 2026
Resolved 3 December 2025
Resolution: Received internal audit report attesting to adequate training and updates to the ship's SMS.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Cargo tank vent system

Issued 18 March 2019 Resolved

02126 - Secondary means may consist of pressure sensors fitted in each tank with a monitoring system in the Cargo Control Room. Such monitoring equipment shall also provide an alarm facility which is activated by detection of over-pressure or under-pressure conditions within a tank. PSCOs discovered inoperable pressure sensor in COT 9P and were unable to test alarms. 74SOLAS(14)VII/10.1 ref. IBC 8.3.3 50c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 22 April 2019
Resolution: Vessel provided tech report stating that the pressure sensor was replaced and now working properly.

Engineering › Thrusters › Shaft

Issued 15 May 2018 Resolved

The machinery, boilers, and other pressure vessels, associated piping systems and fittings shall be of a design and construction adequete for the service for which they are intended and shall be so installed and protected as to reduce to a minimum any danger to persons on board, due regard being paid to...other hazards. The vessel experienced a bow thruster casualty while transiting the navigable waters of the United States which adversely affected its maneuverability and posed a hazard to vessels and infrastructure along the houston ship channel. 74 solas(14) II-1/26

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 15 May 2018
Resolved 4 October 2018
Resolution: SEC HOU-GAL PSC received a class report from NK 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.