BLUE BALANCE

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 1990s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

BLUE BALANCE is a 1998 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 32 inspections since 1998, most recently in June 2018, along with 3 deficiencies and 5 operational controls, 1 with no removal date recorded.

Records from 1998 to 2018. Most recent: inspection, 13 June 2018.

Built: 1998
Last inspected: 13 June 2018
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 32
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: 1 with no removal date recorded

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9168491 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

3FDL8

MISLE id

470519

Flag

PANAMA

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-470519

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations11

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded18

Years with a record 14 calendar years (1998–2018)

The 32 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 8 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 Bulk Carrier class in Maury's sources begin in 1981.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it53181 - Displacement, Metric Ton
45713 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
26058 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
14872 - Convention (Subpart B), 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 · 32

13 June 2018 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6431350

5 June 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6432817

30 May 2017 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6160018

29 December 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3656324

22 July 2009 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3542751

20 March 2009 Ballast Water Examination · MARPOL Annex V Examination · PII Safety Exam · MARPOL Annex I Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3430888

17 March 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3438760

21 January 2008 MARPOL Annex I Examination · MARPOL Annex V Examination · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 3133913

30 January 2007 Deficiency Check · Random ISPS/MTSA/PSC

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2864211

17 July 2006 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2715959

8 June 2006 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · MARPOL Annex I Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2669142

12 May 2006 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2667298

21 November 2005 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2538482

25 August 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2471302

5 April 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2364256

4 April 2005 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS III Exam

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2326134

11 August 2004 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2163077

10 August 2004 NPV Safety Exam

Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2162337

9 August 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · GROUP SEATTLE · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2161563

13 May 2004 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2066906

4 November 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1941836

24 October 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1937558

24 July 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · USCGC KISKA (WPB 1336) · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 1877270

23 February 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO SAN DIEGO · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 1749289

18 February 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO SAN DIEGO · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 1743808

13 February 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO SAN DIEGO · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 1745564

16 September 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1676346

21 October 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 294724

10 May 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 289808

17 July 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 279951

14 October 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 433777

11 December 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 423526

Deficiency record · 3

Fire Fighting › Fire Pumps › Pressure

Issued 8 June 2006 Resolved

Emergency fire pump failed to take suction after 20 minutes of trying.

Condition: Unknown
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 9 June 2006
Resolution: Vessel readjusted ballast and fire pump worked well.

Documentation

Issued 11 December 1998 Resolved

Prior to bunkering in U.S. waters, correct oil transfer procedures to contain information required in 33 CFR 155.750.

Condition: Unknown
Due 7 March 1999
Resolved 7 March 1999

Documentation

Issued 11 December 1998 Resolved

Prior to moving vessel, bunkering, internal oil transfers, or disposal of oily residues, provide onboard a valid USCG COFR with the correct vessel operator's name on the certificate.

Condition: Unknown
Due 15 December 1998
Resolved 15 December 1998

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.