MSC PILAR

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

MSC PILAR is a 1990 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2016, most recently in September 2020, along with 8 deficiencies — 3 with no resolution recorded — and 10 operational controls.

Records from 2016 to 2020. Most recent: operational control imposed, 7 September 2020.

Built: 1990
Last inspected: 5 September 2020
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 8 recorded · 3 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 6 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 5 September 2020

Recorded inspections16

…physical examinations6

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded7

Deficiencies 8 recorded · 3 without a recorded resolution

…past their stated due date2

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2016–2020)

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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8715871

H3XG

357942

Flag

PANAMA

Maury page id

psix-357942

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it52181 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
26340 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
91098 - Displacement, Ton
67358 - 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

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.

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Inspection history · 16

5 September 2020 PSC A

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7050546

1 September 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7047911

18 July 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6208738

18 July 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6212752

18 July 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6518252

17 July 2017 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6211713

19 April 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6128076

14 April 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6124733

6 February 2017 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6083246

6 February 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6083302

2 December 2016 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · Administrative Inspection · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6051369

1 December 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6050816

23 September 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6007718

22 September 2016 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6006685

20 September 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6005354

19 April 2016 Deficiency Check · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5857323

Deficiency record · 8

Engineering › Steam Boiler (auxiliary/waste heat) › Blowdown System

Issued 17 July 2017 No resolution recorded

The machinery, boilers & other pressure vessels, associated piping systems ans fittings shall be of a design and construction adequate for the service for which they are intended and shall be so installed and protected as to reduce to a minimum any danger to persons on board. Temporary repairs were made to boiler system blowdown valves utilizing cement encapsulated boxes.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign

Engineering › Steam System (auxiliary) › Piping Drain

Issued 17 July 2017 Resolved

The company should establish procedures to ensure that the ship is maintained in conformity with the provision of the relevant rules and regulations; any non conformity is reported with its possible cause. Temporary repairs were made 3 months earlier with no notifications to class till 17JUL2017.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 18 July 2017
Resolved 18 July 2017
Resolution: Received class survey report.

Engineering › Generator (propulsion/auxiliary-electric) › Heating Element Circuitry

Issued 3 December 2016 Resolved

74 SOLAS (2004 CONS) The mchry, associated piping systems and fitting shall be so instaleed and protected as to reduce to a minimum any to persons on board, with due regard being paid to moving parts, hot surfaces and other hazards. Generator #1 was found with a fan attached to avoid overheating of one of the bearings. This is the third reported deficiency for the same offense.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 6 February 2017
Resolution: SEC HOU-GAL PSC received a class report from DNVGL satisfying the requirement.

Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Transponder

Issued 22 September 2016 No resolution recorded

1520- Navigational Equipment- All ships of 300 gross tonnage and upwards and passenger ships of size shall, in addition to meeting the requirements of paragraph 2.2, be fitted with: speed and distance measuring device, or other means, to indicate speed and distance through the water. Vessel has no means to measure speed through through the water.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 28 July 2017 — due date passed with no resolution recorded

Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA)

Issued 22 September 2016 No resolution recorded

1520- Navigation Equipmet- All ship of 10,000 gross tonnage and upwards shall have: an automatic radar plotting aid, or other means, to plot automatically the range and bearing of at least 20 targets, connected to a device to indicate speed and distance through the water, to determine collision risks and simulate trial manoeuvre. Vessel has no means to measure speed and distance through the water.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 28 July 2017 — due date passed with no resolution recorded

Engineering › Fuel Oil Service System › Filter

Issued 19 April 2016 Resolved

PRECAUTIONS SHALL BE TAKEN TO PREVENT ANY OIL THAT MAY ESCAPE UNDER PRESSURE FROM ANY PUMP, FILTER, OR HEATER FROM COMING INTO CONTACT WITH HEATED SURFACES. MAIN ENGINE FUEL OIL FILTERS WERE FOUND LEAKING DUE TO FAULTY O RINGS. 74SOLAS(97)II-2/15.2.4

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 19 April 2016
Resolution: Received class report from DNV-GL stating proper repairs have been made.

Engineering › Generator (propulsion-electric) › Wiring

Issued 19 April 2016 Resolved

THE MACHINERY, ASSOCIATED PIPING SYSTEMS AND FITTINGS SHALL BE SO INSTALLED AND PROTECTED AS TO REDUCE TO A MINIMUM ANY DANGER TO PERSONS ON BOARD, WITH DUE REGARD BEING PAID TO MOVING PARTS, HOT SURFACES, AND OTHER HAZARDS. GENERATOR #1 WAS FOUND WITH A FAN ATTACHED TO THE MOTOR TO CONTROL OVERHEATING. THIS IS THE SECOND REPORTED DEFICIENCY FOR THE SAME OFFENSE. 74SOLAS(04)II-1/26.1

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 19 April 2016
Resolution: Received class report from DNV-GL stating proper repairs have been made.

Engineering › Freshwater System (jacketwater cooling) › Pump

Issued 19 April 2016 Resolved

THE MACHINERY, BOILERS AND OTHER PRESSURE VESSELS, ASSOCIATED PIPING SYSTEMS AND FITTING SHALL BE OF A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ADEQUATE FOR THE SERVICE FOR WHICH THEY ARE INTENDED. NUMBER 2 SEAWATER PUMP WAS FOUND LEAKING DUE TO FAULTY MECHANICAL SEAL. 74 SOLAS(04)II-1/26.1

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.