BISON EXPRESS

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

BISON EXPRESS is a 1995 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 1995, most recently in March 2024, along with 6 deficiencies and 2 operational controls.

Records from 1995 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 12 March 2024.

Built: 1995
Last inspected: 12 March 2024
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9115949 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

LXBJ

MISLE id

431936

Flag

LUXEMBOURG

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-431936

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations7

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 6 calendar years (1995–2024)

The 10 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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 1980.

Documentation record

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 September 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.

Radio station licence

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

Inspection history · 10

12 March 2024 PSC A

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7872156

16 June 2022 In-Service Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7479178

3 January 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7373563

13 December 2020 PSC A

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7103811

6 February 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6895528

4 February 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6898214

17 September 2018 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6538918

18 February 2009 Deficiency Check · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS I Exam

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3419982

13 February 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3417623

4 October 1995 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 383236

Deficiency record · 6

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)

Issued 3 January 2022 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 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.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear

Issued 6 February 2020 Resolved

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 2020 Resolved

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 2018 Resolved

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

Fire Fighting › Means of Escape › Doorways

Issued 18 February 2009 Resolved

0960 - Safety in general - Emergency escape fire door in engine room, near engine control board, is not self closing. The engine room needs two means of escape in case of fire. One means can be enclosed with a self-closing fire door. Vessel needs to make repairs to the satisfaction of class. SOLAS 74 2004 Cons Ed. CH II-2 Reg 13.4.2.1.1

Condition: Unknown
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 20 March 2009
Resolved 17 September 2018
Resolution: Verified repairs were made to satisfaction of Class as required by activity 3419982. Class report attached to current activity.

Fire Fighting

Issued 4 October 1995 Resolved

Provide one portable foam applicator._x001C_ _x001C_ SOLAS 74 II-2/6.4_x001C_ _x001C_

Condition: Unknown
Due 4 November 1995
Resolved 11 January 2002
Resolution: Administratively closed due to age of deficiencies.

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.