BOW FLORA

Tank Ship · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

BOW FLORA is a 1998 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 27 inspections since 2016, most recently in September 2025, along with 4 deficiencies and 9 operational controls.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 29 September 2025.

Built: 1998
Last inspected: 29 September 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 27
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 Tank Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 29 September 2025

Recorded inspections27

…physical examinations17

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded6

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2016–2025)

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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9143207

V7A5152

474884

Flag

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Maury page id

psix-474884

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it23230 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
11915 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
48558 - Displacement, Metric Ton
37369 - Dead Weight, Metric 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 · 27

29 September 2025 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8241146

25 June 2025 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8167535

17 June 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8161150

12 June 2025 Administrative Inspection · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8158565

8 October 2024 PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Annual

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8015007

27 August 2023 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7773960

8 January 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7377214

15 May 2021 PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Annual

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7192808

7 April 2021 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7170541

2 February 2021 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7134954

11 November 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7093647

19 July 2020 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7009968

29 June 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6991247

23 June 2020 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6984766

18 June 2020 PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6979633

10 June 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6972886

10 February 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6906006

11 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6779245

11 August 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6779565

15 July 2019 COC-CHEM Annual · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6743829

26 March 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6649084

25 March 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6649341

3 October 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6553880

12 July 2018 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6472720

10 June 2018 COC-CHEM Renew · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6439655

4 May 2017 ISPS II Exam · COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6127630

24 June 2016 Ballast Water Examination · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5917646

Deficiency record · 4

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Radar

Issued 15 June 2025 Resolved

ALL SHIPS OF 3,000 GROSS TONNAGE AND UPWARDS SHALL, IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH 2.5, HAVE A 3GHz RADAR, WHERE CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE BY THE ADMINISTRATION, A SECOND 9GHz RADAR, OR OTHER MEANS, TODETERMIN AND DISPLAY RANGE AND BEARING OF OTHER SURFACE CRAFT, OBSTRUCTIONS, BUOYS, SHORELINES AND NAVIGATIONAL MARKS TO ASSIST IN NAVIGATION AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE. THE VESSEL REPORTED THAT THE 9GHz X BAND RADAR SYSTEM WAS INOPERABLE.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Resolved 18 June 2025
Resolution: Provided Sperry Marine Tech report indicating repair and function of the X-band.

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

Issued 2 February 2021 Resolved

The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to confirm 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 on board. The vessel experienced an allision while transiting the navigable waters of the United States which adversely impacted it fitness. Submit for review a Classification Society Report to [email withheld] with a completed damage survery report that authorized temporary or permenant repairs have been completed, and that the vessel's seaworthiness has been restored. 74 SOALS 14 I/11 17ac

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 7 April 2021
Resolution: VESSEL AGENT PROVIDED SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION FROM CLASS SURVEYOR ATTESTING TO VESSEL'S SEAWORTHINESS.

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Cargo operation

Issued 18 June 2020 Resolved

CARGO TANKS SHALL BE FITTED WITH A VISUAL AND AUDIBLE HIGH LEVEL ALARM WHICH COMPLIES WITH 15.19.1 TO 15.19.5 WHICH INDICATES WHEN THE LIQUID LEVEL IN THE CARGO TANK APPROACHES THE NORMAL FULL CONDITION. PSCO DISCOVERED INOPERABLE HIGH LEVEL ALARM.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 2 July 2020
Resolved 23 June 2020
Resolution: PSC NOLA received a class report from DNV GL satisfying the requirement

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifeboats

Issued 18 June 2020 Resolved

A LIFEBOAT WITH A SELF CONTAINED AIR SUPPORT SYSTEM SHALL BE SO ARRANGED THAT THE AIR IN THE LIFEBOAT REMAINS SAFE AND BREATHABLE FOR A PERIOD NOT LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. REGULATING VALVE FOR THE AIR SUPPORT SYSTEM FOUND TO BE NOT WORKING.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 18 July 2020
Resolved 19 July 2020
Resolution: Received technician report from Breakwater international attesting to the replacement of the faulty regulating valve for the air cylinder. Regulating valve and air cylinders were also tested and found satisfactory.

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.