CASTRO ALVES

Tank Ship · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

CASTRO ALVES is a tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 2022, most recently in April 2026, along with 3 deficiencies.

Records from 2022 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 14 April 2026.

Built: Not recorded
Last inspected: 14 April 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 4
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 April 2026

Recorded inspections4

…physical examinations4

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2022–2026)

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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9547673

PU2179

1610803

Flag

BRAZIL

Maury page id

psix-1610803

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it114562 - Dead Weight, 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 · 4

14 April 2026 PSC B · COC-TVE Annual

Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office St. Croix · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8343968

31 March 2025 COC-TVE Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8095669

23 December 2023 COC-TVE Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7837750

18 April 2022 PSC A · COC-TVE Renew · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7432120

Deficiency record · 3

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Lighting (Working spaces)

Issued 31 March 2025 Resolved

In tankers, eletrical equipment cables and wiring shall not be installed in hazardous locations unless it confroms with standards not to those acceptable to the organization. PSCO observed 04 cracked lights in the cargo pump room.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 14 April 2025
Resolved 1 April 2025
Resolution: Class survey submitted see documents

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Covers (hatchway-, portable-, tarpaulins, etc.)

Issued 31 March 2025 Resolved

At position 1 and 2 all hatchways shall be fitted with hatch covers, such hatch covers shall be weather tight and fitted with gaskets and clamping devices. PSCO observed port slop tank hatch hissing and portable gas meter alarmed for H2S.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 14 April 2025
Resolved 1 April 2025
Resolution: Class survey submitted see documents

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Cargo pumproom

Issued 18 April 2022 Resolved

No electrical equipment shall be installed in any space where flammable mixtures are liable to collect unless it is of a type which will not ignite the mixture concerned. PSCO observed 02 explosion proof rated light fixtures to be missing the required approved explosion proof blanks. Vessel is required to secure applicable main circuit lighting until deficiency is rectified. Deficiency identified during Cargo Pump Room portion of cargo exam. Cite: 74SOLAS(20) II-1/45.10.2 Action Taken: 16AC

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 2 May 2022
Resolved 22 April 2022
Resolution: Received satisfactory EX-proof plug manufacturer's specifications document and Bureau Veritas Class Society type approval certificate.

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.