MERCATOR

Tank Ship · Built 2020s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

MERCATOR is a 2022 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 2023, most recently in June 2026, along with 2 deficiencies.

Records from 2023 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 4 June 2026.

Built: 2022
Last inspected: 4 June 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 4
Deficiencies: 2 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 4 June 2026

Recorded inspections4

…physical examinations3

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2023–2026)

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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9938535

5LCP3

1769192

Flag

LIBERIA

Maury page id

psix-1769192

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it55250 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
52121 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
59017 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
78173 - Displacement, Metric Ton
47986 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
20054 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net 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

4 June 2026 COC-GAS Annual

Type not classified · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8382548

14 April 2025 COC-GAS Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8110465

13 May 2024 PSC B · COC-GAS Annual

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7910435

6 April 2023 COC-GAS Renew · In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection · PSC A

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7663952

Deficiency record · 2

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

Issued 14 April 2025 Resolved

The purpose of this regulation is to supress and swiftly extinguish a fire in the space of origin, except for paragraph 1.2. For this purpose, the following functional requirements shall be met: Fire-Extinguishing appliances shall be readily available. PSCO observed C02 Dishcharge line not connected to #97 Cylinder. 74 SOLAS (20) 11-2/10.1.1.2

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 14 April 2025
Resolved 14 April 2025
Resolution: Crew Reconnected CO2 Discharge Line.

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Atmosphere testing instruments

Issued 15 April 2023 Resolved

Gas Detection Equipment shall be so designed that it may be readily tested. testing and calibration shall be carried out at regular intervals. Suitable equipment for this purpose shall be carried onboard and used in accordance with the manufacture's recommendations. Vessel has no span gas onboard for testing or calibration of fixed and portable gas detection.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 15 April 2023
Resolved 16 April 2023
Resolution: Vessel procured span gas to calibrate equipment. Class and flag sent letters of attestation. Psco attended vessel verified correction and operation of gas detection equipment.

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.