BISON EXPRESS is a 1995 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 2018, most recently in March 2024, along with 4 deficiencies and 1 operational control.
Records from 2018 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 12 March 2024.
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.
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
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Tonnage as PSIX records it7225 - Displacement, Metric Ton 4468 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton 6442 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton 1932 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton 6828 - Simplified, Gross Ton 6078 - Simplified, 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
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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
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population and never a judgement about this vessel.
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02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)
Issued 3 January 2022Resolved
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 without danger to the ship or persons onboard. PSCO observed two welded patches on inlet of cattle pump #2 and serious corrosion on outlet line. 74SOLAS(20) 1/11
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 3 January 2022
Resolved 16 June 2022
Resolution: Flag submitted evidence of approved repairs.
The machinery, boilers and other pressure vessels associated pipping systems and fittings shall be of a design and construction adequate for the service for which they are intended. The steering gear has a consistent hydraulic oil leak within the control valve housing.
74 SOLAS(04) 11-1/26.1
17.a.c.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 7 February 2020
Resolution: Received class report attesting to satisfactory repair.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general
Issued 6 February 2020Resolved
The condition of the ship and it's equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regulations to ensure that ship all respects will remain fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons on board. The switchboard for the cargo ventilation fans were modified with inadequately wired portable fans in order to prevent the thermal overloads from tripping.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 7 February 2020
Resolution: Received class report attesting to satisfactory repair.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Gyro compass
Issued 17 September 2018Resolved
1540-Gyro Compass-All ships 500 GT and above shall have a gyro compass heading repeater to supply heading information at the emergency steering positiion. PSCO observed the gyro repeater in the steering gear room displayed a heading with a 140 degree error from the master unit. SOLAS(14)V/19.2.5.2 10c
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 17 September 2018
Resolution: Corrected on the spot
Ownership record
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