AFRICAN CHEETAH

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

AFRICAN CHEETAH is a 2014 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2017, most recently in July 2024, along with 4 deficiencies — 2 with no resolution recorded — and 1 operational control.

Records from 2017 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 15 July 2024.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 15 July 2024
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 2 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 15 July 2024

Recorded inspections12

…physical examinations7

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 2 without a recorded resolution

…past their stated due date2

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2017–2024)

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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9636462

HOSL

1436715

Flag

PANAMA

Maury page id

psix-1436715

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it66582 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
78124 - Displacement, Metric Ton
21630 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
38453 - 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

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 · 12

15 July 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7958031

4 July 2024 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7948786

21 December 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7610180

15 June 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7225764

30 May 2021 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7210702

3 September 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7049519

3 September 2020 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7049528

30 August 2020 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7046019

4 March 2020 PSC B · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6916010

21 August 2018 COE-Offshore · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6513043

22 February 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6359511

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

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6125060

Deficiency record · 4

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 4 July 2024 Resolved

Every ship shall be provided with a main steering gear and an auxiliary steering gear to the satisfaction of the administration. During post casualty expansion it was identified that there was a servo steering failure on the #2 unit on 24UN24 while transiting on the Yucatan Channel. On 25JUN24 there was a subsequent identical failure on servo steering unit #1 while transiting the Yucatan Channel. On 04JUL24 while departing Chalmette Slips, servo steering unit #1 failed a second time. Conduct permanent repairs via technician with concurrence from class and flag state. SOLAS 74 (AM) II-1/29.1, Code 60abc

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 12 July 2024
Resolution: Received, reviewed and accepted class report / proper documentation from NKK stating the deficiency was rectified. Tech replaced Power Control Box. Steering system was restored to operational order.

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

Issued 4 July 2024 No resolution recorded

The company should ensure that all personnel involved in the company's safety management system have adequate understanding of relevant rules, regulations, codes, and guidelines. Chief Engineer and Master failed to make proper notifications under SMS to DPA, company, class, flag, and port state entities IAW SMS procedures for all servo steering failures within 90 days. (External audit) ISM Code 6.4, Code abc

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 5 October 2024 — due date passed with no resolution recorded

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 4 July 2024 Resolved

Unless a second independent means of starting the emergency generator. Upon expanding in a post casualty damage survey, it was identified that accumulator battery #2 had failed. Ships engineers subsequent to the battery failure re-wired the DC start panel so battery #1 would start the emergency generator in start mode #1 and #2. Reinstall as original to the satisfaction of class and flag. SOLAS 74 (AM) II-1/43.3.3, Code 60abc

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 12 July 2024
Resolution: Received, reviewed and accepted class report / proper documentation from NKK stating the deficiency was rectified. New batteries were ordered, received, and replaced accordingly. The retrofitted battery change over switch was removed. E Gen restored.

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

Issued 4 July 2024 No resolution recorded

The company should ensure that all personnel involved in the company's safety management system have adequate understanding of relevant rules, regulations, codes, and guidelines. Chief Engineer and Master failed to make proper notifications under SMS to DPA, company, class, flag, and port state entities IAW SMS procedures for the failure of the second means of starting the emergency diesel generator and improperly modifying its starting system within 90 days. (External audit) ISM Code 6.4, Code abc

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 5 October 2024 — due date passed with no resolution recorded

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.