DONALD M. JAMES is a 2018 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2018, most recently in May 2026, along with 2 deficiencies and 2 operational controls.
Records from 2018 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 29 May 2026.
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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.
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded.
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Tonnage as PSIX records it45307 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton 66454 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton 15912 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton 83623 - 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.
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17 inspections, each with its date, unit and type; 2 deficiencies with the resolution recorded against each; 2 operational controls with the dates imposed and removed; 2 vessels inspected with it, by name and date; the documentation record, as PSIX holds it. The counts in the summary above are the same
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2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates
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The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same
inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or
unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear
here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.
06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Atmosphere testing instruments
Issued 29 May 2026Resolved
The Administration shall take steps to ensure that crews of ships are trained in the use of such instruments. PSCO observered ships crew not properly calibrating equipment.
74 SOLAS (24) VI/3.2
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 29 May 2026
Resolution: PSCO received class report rectifying the issue.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 4 March 2019Resolved
Main propulsion machinery and all auxiliary machinery essential to the propulsion and the safety of the ship shall, as fitted in the ship, be designed to update when the ship is upright.
The main engine failed to start while vessel was attempting to leave berth.
Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 4 March 2019
Resolved 3 April 2019
Resolution: Recievd, reviewed, and accepted tech report stating the definciency was rectified. See tech report.
Ownership record
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