KOBE EXPRESS

Freight Ship · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 1990s · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE)

KOBE EXPRESS is a 1997 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 20 inspections since 2016, most recently in January 2026, along with 4 deficiencies and 2 operational controls.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: operational control imposed, 21 January 2026.

Built: 1997
Last inspected: 21 January 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 20
Deficiencies: 4 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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 21 January 2026

Recorded inspections20

…physical examinations14

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded5

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2016–2026)

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

—

9143544

ZCEV2

2400

Flag

BERMUDA

Maury page id

psix-2400

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it89129 - Displacement, Metric Ton
67631 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
53523 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
32908 - Convention (Subpart B), 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

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 2016 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

This report is in development and is not for sale yet. There is no date, and nothing is charged. Leave an email and we will tell you when it exists, once.

Inspection history · 20

21 January 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8299178

21 January 2026 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8299314

17 January 2026 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8297697

2 December 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8276686

10 October 2025 Administrative Inspection · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8250731

22 February 2025 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8082910

4 January 2025 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8057492

7 March 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7875411

6 May 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7190124

20 January 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7116677

9 March 2019 ISPS II Exam · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6639270

15 December 2018 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6598163

4 October 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6554949

11 October 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6285070

6 October 2017 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6282620

19 February 2017 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6091045

30 August 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5988920

25 June 2016 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5918496

12 June 2016 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5904715

3 June 2016 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS III Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5889086

Deficiency record · 4

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Ballast, fuel and other tanks

Issued 4 January 2025 Resolved

The Condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regulations to ensure that the ship in all respects will remain fit to proceed to sea with out danger to the ship or persons on board. PSCO Observed a temporary repair to a hole on the topside of FOT(2s). Condition of Class issued requiring permanent repairs by 03APR2025. 74SOLAS(04) 1/11a 705c

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 3 April 2025
Resolved 22 February 2025
Resolution: Received report from DNV attesting to permanent repairs.

Lifesaving › Lifeboat Equipment › Food Ration

Issued 3 June 2016 Resolved

0611 - The normal equipment of every life boat shall consist of a food ration totaling not less than 10,000 kj for each person; these rations shall be airtight. Vessel had 23 out of 32 rations that were not airtight. SOLAS 97 III/38.5.1.18 17c

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 3 June 2016
Resolved 3 June 2016
Resolution: Received, reviewed and proper documentation from Master stating the deficiency was rectified. 25 rations ordered and shipped to vessel.

Engineering › Diesel Engine (auxiliary) › Governor

Issued 3 June 2016 Resolved

0950 - The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained. PSCO observed the emergency generator hertz meter fluctuating and governor arm hunting during testing. 74 SOLAS (am) I/11 a 50 Priovide techinican report

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 4 July 2016
Resolved 25 June 2016
Resolution: PSC NOLA recieved a Class Survey statement from DNV-GL satisfying the requirement.

Deck/Cargo › Cargo Transfer (solid) › General

Issued 3 June 2016 Resolved

1720 - Each hose or piping system must be tested at least 1.5 times the maximum allowable working pressure. Vessel was unable to provide proof of liquid pressure testing on bunker lines. Prior to bunkering in U.S. waters. 33 CFR 156.170 c

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 703 - Prior to bunkering operations
Due 3 June 2016
Resolved 10 June 2016
Resolution: PSC NOLA received proper documentation from the vessel satisfying the requirement.

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.