ZAM

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

ZAM is a 1972 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 2016, most recently in August 2025, along with 9 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 18 August 2025.

Built: 1972
Last inspected: 18 August 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 9
Deficiencies: 9 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 Passenger Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 18 August 2025

Recorded inspections9

…physical examinations9

Deficiencies 9 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2016–2025)

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

608589

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NONE

172819

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-172819

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it2 - Simplified, 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

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 · 9

18 August 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8212392

25 June 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7942356

22 May 2023 COI Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7694164

22 June 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7483462

10 May 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7193576

26 June 2019 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6725540

28 March 2018 Hull Examination · COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6380104

17 April 2017 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6126511

4 April 2016 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5847296

Deficiency record · 9

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation

Issued 25 May 2023 Resolved

Fire extinguishers required on a vessel must be acceptable to the satisfaction of the [name withheld] extinguisher was out of service.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 21 June 2023
Resolution: Verified they received fire extinguisher for vessel.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares

Issued 25 May 2023 Resolved

A vessel on lakes, bays, and sounds, or rivers route must carry 06 flares. All flares on vessel were expired.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 21 June 2023
Resolution: Verified they received flares for vessel.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances

Issued 26 June 2019 Resolved

Fire Buckets are not properly labeled and two out of three are missing the lanyard

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 26 June 2019
Resolved 3 July 2019
Resolution: VSL Master sent a photo of labeled fire buckets with lanyards

Fire Fighting › Portable CO2 Fire Extinguisher › Service

Issued 17 April 2017 Resolved

Provide recipt of certification of fire extinguishers.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 24 April 2017
Resolved 28 March 2018
Resolution: Checked portable fire extinguishers for serviceing. All sat.

Lifesaving › Hand Flares › Expired

Issued 4 April 2016 Resolved

vessel had 4 expired flares onboard.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 4 April 2016
Resolved 7 April 2016
Resolution: Vessel rep provided receipt to clear all outstanding items in their fleet.

Fire Fighting › Portable Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher › Service

Issued 4 April 2016 Resolved

Extinguisher had not been serviced in the past year. Required vessel rep to prove extinguisher was satisfactorily serviced.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 4 April 2016
Resolved 27 April 2016
Resolution: Vessel rep provided receipt to clear all outstanding items in their fleet.

Documentation › Manifests/Lists › Muster List/Emergency Instructions

Issued 4 April 2016 Resolved

Vessel did not have required emergency instructions posted.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 4 April 2016
Resolved 4 April 2016
Resolution: Vessel rep posted emergency instructions after they were shown the correct cite.

Documentation › Logs/Records › Logbook (official)

Issued 4 April 2016 Resolved

No drills were logged. required vessel rep to conduct and log monthly drills.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 4 April 2016
Resolved 4 April 2016
Resolution: Conducted drills while onboard, and educted vessel rep on how to log drills, vessel rep started drill log prior to departure of the CGMI.

Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (Type I) › Condition

Issued 4 April 2016 Resolved

lifejacket was condemned due to compromized buoyant material(about half of original volume remaining)

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 4 April 2016
Resolved 4 April 2016
Resolution: Vessel rep destroyed lifejacket, CGMI confirmed that the vessel still had it's minimum onboard.

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.