FAIRCHEM ALDEBARAN

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

FAIRCHEM ALDEBARAN is a 2017 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 2018, most recently in March 2025, along with 3 deficiencies.

Records from 2018 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 14 March 2025.

Built: 2017
Last inspected: 14 March 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 8
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 Tank Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 14 March 2025

Recorded inspections8

…physical examinations6

…administrative events2

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2018–2025)

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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9552666

D5MP6

1433010

Flag

LIBERIA

Maury page id

psix-1433010

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it11788 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
19697 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
6107 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
25263 - 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

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 2 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 · 8

14 March 2025 COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8090968

3 April 2024 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7889463

8 March 2024 PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7875927

12 November 2022 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7590036

25 May 2021 COC-CHEM Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7200040

12 December 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7110769

14 February 2020 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Administrative · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6904972

7 January 2018 Ballast Water Examination · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6329912

Deficiency record · 3

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)

Issued 8 March 2024 Resolved

The high level alarm required by paragraph (a) of this section must activate a visible and audible alarm so that it can be seen and heard on the vessel where cargo transfer is controlled. In the cargo observation area audible high level alarm was not operational. 46 CFR 39.2007(c)(3)

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 3 April 2024
Resolution: Vessel submitted Class Report attesting that deficiency was rectified.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts

Issued 14 February 2020 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. PSCOs witnessed port side liferaft accidently released and fall approximately 25 feet onto the quay wall and damaging the liferaft. 74SOLAS(14) III/20.2 17bc

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 15 February 2020
Resolution: Received class report & flag endorsement attesting to satisfactory installation of 2 new 16-person liferafts to replace damaged 25-person raft. New 25-person raft will be installed at next port of call (NOLA).

Pollution Prevention/Response › Response Equipment › Protective Clothing

Issued 7 January 2018 Resolved

A chemical tanker shall comply with the requirements of the IBC Code. Ships carrying cargos for which 15.12, 15.12.1, oe 15.12.3 is listed in column O in the table of ch. 17 shall have on board not less than three complete sets of safert equipment, each permitting personnel to enter a gas filled compartment and perform work for atleast 20 min. Vessel crew had on board 02 gas tight suits instead of the required 03. Code: 1870 Cite: 74 SOLAS (14) VII/10 IAW ref. IIBC Code 14.2.1

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 12 January 2018
Resolution: Recevied class report from NKK 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.