GULF MERCHANT

Freight Ship · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 1960s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

GULF MERCHANT is a 1964 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 28 inspections since 1982, most recently in October 2008, along with 3 deficiencies.

Records from 1982 to 2008. Most recent: inspection, 8 October 2008.

Built: 1964
Last inspected: 8 October 2008
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 28
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

297329

IMO number

6420525 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

KGMK

MISLE id

44862

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

—

Maury page id

psix-44862

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations8

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded14

Years with a record 15 calendar years (1982–2008)

The 28 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.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 18 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 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 it8988 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
5442 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
11554 - Dead Weight, 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

KGMKMMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 1 February 1995, cancelled 16 April 2005

FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

A report is not offered for this hull: Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.

Inspection history · 28

8 October 2008 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3340725

30 June 1998 Administrative

Administrative · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 792799

12 June 1997 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1433236

24 February 1997 Administrative

Administrative · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1095682

29 August 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 956961

4 June 1996 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1460872

30 May 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 63512

9 September 1995 Administrative

Administrative · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 877854

14 December 1993 Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1160904

11 March 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1147649

8 February 1993 Administrative

Administrative · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 826299

15 December 1992 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1379728

2 April 1991 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 913160

2 April 1991 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 915495

1 March 1991 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 998189

16 January 1991 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 924717

30 November 1989 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1238947

22 March 1989 Administrative

Administrative · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 898200

17 December 1988 COI Inspection · Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1340144

4 December 1987 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1308550

12 February 1987 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1321289

10 June 1985 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1288592

18 July 1984 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1282617

18 July 1984 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1283965

22 August 1983 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1276210

11 August 1982 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1272887

10 August 1982 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1273368

12 March 1982 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1273672

Deficiency record · 3

Engineering

Issued 15 December 1992 Resolved

PROVIDE MINIMUM BOILER AUTOMATION SAFETY FEATURES AS PER 46 CFR 52.01-10(a)_x001C_

Condition: Unknown
Due 15 December 1992
Resolved 15 December 1992

Lifesaving

Issued 15 December 1992 Resolved

PRIOR TO OPERATION HAVE #1 & #2 LIFERAFTS SERVICED AND MAINTAIN REPORTS ONBOARD.

Condition: Unknown
Due 15 December 1992
Resolved 15 December 1992

Documentation

Issued 17 December 1988 Resolved

COMPLETE AN INSPECTION FOR CERTIFICATION EXCEPT FOR STEERING GEAR TESTS, EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR TESTS, SERVICING OF FIXED CO2 SYSTEMS AND TESTING OF DC HEATER AND CONTAMINATED EVAPORATED RELIEF VALVES. THESE EXCEPTIONS SHALL BE COMPLETED AGAIN NOT LATER THAN 17DEC89.

Condition: Unknown
Due 17 December 1988
Resolved 17 December 1988

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.