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EL PRINCIPE ANDRES

Freight Ship · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 1970s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

EL PRINCIPE ANDRES is a 1971 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 1 inspection in 2016, along with 14 deficiencies.

Records in 2016. Most recent: inspection, 4 February 2016.

Built: 1971
Last inspected: 4 February 2016
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 1
Deficiencies: 14 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 10 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 4 February 2016

Recorded inspections1

…physical examinations1

Deficiencies 14 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 1 calendar year (2016)

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

US Official No.

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7045683

HO-4245

222254

Flag

PANAMA

Maury page id

psix-222254

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it463 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
322 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
1208 - Dead Weight, Ton
1160 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
499 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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 Coast Guard record spans fewer than two calendar years. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 1

4 February 2016 Ballast Water Examination · Deficiency Check · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5809383

Deficiency record · 14

Operations/Management › Vessel Safety Management › Company Responsibilities/Authority

Issued 4 February 2016 Resolved

The compnay should establish procedures to ensure that the ship is maintained in conformity with the provisions of relevant rules and regs. Rescue boat engine failed to start and davit is wasted and holed.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 6 March 2016
Resolved 4 March 2016
Resolution: ISM audit conducted and repairs completed.

Personnel › Training › Navigation/Position Determination

Issued 4 February 2016 Resolved

Absence in a watch of a person qualified to operate equipment essential to safety radiocommunications. The Master and Chief Mate were unable to demonstrate proficiency with using INMARSAT C equipment.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 6 March 2016
Resolved 4 March 2016
Resolution: Crew received proper training on how to operate INMARSAT C equipment. Verifed proficiency with test.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Transverse Frame

Issued 4 February 2016 Resolved

The administration shall satisfy itself that the general structural strength of the ship is adequate for the draught corresponding to the freeboard assigned. Numerous frames are wasted and have excessive deformation on the port side, IWO steering gear room. Additionally, side shell frames in way of the oiler and AB berths are wasted.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 6 March 2016
Resolved 4 March 2016
Resolution: Frames were cropped and renewed to the satisfaction of the attending class surveyor.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell

Issued 4 February 2016 Resolved

Openings in the side of ships below the freeboard deck shall be so designed as to ensure the same watertightness and structural integrity as the surrounding plating. The portholes in the AB and oiler berths are wasted, have no means of closure and allow water to free-flow into the space.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 6 March 2016
Resolved 4 March 2016
Resolution: Port side holes between frames 11-12 and 15-16 were cropped and two steel plate inserts were aded and tested by the attending class surveyor.

Stability › Weathertight Integrity › General

Issued 4 February 2016 Resolved

The means for maintaining waeathertightness shall ensure weathertightness can be maintained in any sea conditions. The joint between cargo hatch covers are open and do not provide for weathertightness when in the closed position.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 6 March 2016
Resolved 4 March 2016
Resolution: Damaged sections of gaskets were renewed. Joints between cargo hatch covers hose tested to the satisfaction of the attending marine surveyor.

Navigation › Piloting/Steering › US Coast Pilot

Issued 4 February 2016 Resolved

Nautical publications carried shall be adequate and up-to-date. Vessel did not have the most current version of Coast Pilot on board and the vessel is missing the GMDSS list of radio signals.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 6 March 2016
Resolved 4 March 2016
Resolution: Provided and verified on board.

Lifesaving › Launching Appliances › Davit

Issued 4 February 2016 Resolved

The strength of structures and equipment shall be sufficent to withstand all foreseeable condition of the intended service. The upper portion of the rescue boat davit arm is wasted, holed and appears to be unfit for continued use.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 6 March 2016
Resolved 4 March 2016
Resolution: The rescue boat davit arm repaired to the satisfaction of the attending flag surveyor.

Operations/Management › Drills/Instruction › Man Overboard Recovery

Issued 4 February 2016 Resolved

The master shall ensure the frequency of drills performed shall not exceed the following frequency: monthly man-overboard drills. Vessel has not conducted a manoverboard drill since October, 2015.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 6 March 2016
Resolved 4 March 2016
Resolution: Drill carried out and documented while in the presence of the class surveyor.

Construction/Loadline › Structures › Deck Plating

Issued 4 February 2016 Resolved

Watertight decks shall be the same strength as watertight bulkheads at corresponding levels. The verhead IWO the portside engine room was leaking water from the space above. The overhead has significant wastage and holed rendering it non-watertight.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 6 March 2016
Resolved 4 March 2016
Resolution: Wasted plates were cropped and renewed. Repairs conducted to the satisfaction of the attending class surveyor.

Construction/Loadline › Structures › Transverse Bulkhead

Issued 4 February 2016 Resolved

Each watertight subdivision bulkhead shall be constructed in such a manner that it shall be capable of supporting the pressure of the maximum head of water. Numerous holes are drilled in the steering gear room fwd bulkhead, starboard side, rendering it non-watertight.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 6 March 2016
Resolved 4 March 2016
Resolution: Holes repaired/ welded to the satisfaction of the attending class surveyor.

Engineering › Diesel Engine (auxiliary) › Distributor (fuel injection)

Issued 4 February 2016 Resolved

All machinery shall be of a design and adequate construction for the service for which they are intended and shall be so installed and protected to reduce any danger to persons on board with due regard to moving parts, hot fuel surfaces, and other hazards. Emergency generator was found with fuel leaks and fuel spraying from the high pressure fuel lines.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 6 March 2016
Resolved 4 March 2016
Resolution: Fuel leaks fixed and system tested in the presence of attending class surveyor.

Lifesaving › Rescue Boat › Propulsion Engine

Issued 4 February 2016 Resolved

Rescue boats shall be stowed in a state of continuous readiness for launching in not more than 5 minutes. It took the crew 30 minutes to start the rescue boat engine and once started, it was unable to stay running as designed.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 6 March 2016
Resolved 4 March 2016
Resolution: Rescue boat engine was werviced and tested in operation to the satisfaction of the attending class surveyor.

Fire Fighting › Portable CO2 Fire Extinguisher › Pressure

Issued 4 February 2016 Resolved

All fire protection systems and appliances shall at all times be in good order and available for immediate use. One fire extinguisher located at the engine room access door found with broken seal.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 6 March 2016
Resolved 4 March 2016
Resolution: Fire extinguisher serviced and certificate verified onboard.

Communications › Internal Communications System › Engine Order Telegraph System

Issued 4 February 2016 Resolved

Ships shall be provided with at least two independent means for communicating orders from the navigation bridge to the machinery space from which the main propulsion engines are normally controlled. One of the means shall be an engine order telegraph. The engine order telegraph did not operate.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 6 March 2016
Resolved 4 March 2016
Resolution: Engine telegraph was serviced and tested in operation to the satisfaction of the attending class surveyor.

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.