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BEST TRADER

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named BEST TRADER

BEST TRADER is a 1998 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 1998, most recently in August 2016, along with 6 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 1998 to 2016. Most recent: inspection, 17 August 2016.

Built
1998
Last inspected
17 August 2016
Documentation
Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
16
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
9156278 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here
Call sign
3FCR9
MISLE id
482318
Flag
PANAMA
MMSI
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Maury page id
psix-482318

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations9
…with no type recorded7
Years with a record 11 calendar years (1998–2016)
The 16 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 10 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 it38289 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
24125 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
64998 - Dead Weight, Ton
75809 - Displacement, 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 · 16

17 August 2016 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5975456
3 August 2016 ISPS III Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5952291
12 January 2016 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5795796
28 December 2015 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5784860
24 January 2012 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam
Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4230754
14 February 2009 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3417740
2 July 2008 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Little Creek · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3260398
29 October 2007 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3088796
29 October 2006 PII Safety Exam · ISPS I Exam · Ballast Water Examination
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2810086
28 October 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2810085
23 October 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2806630
2 December 2005 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2544984
10 March 2005 MARPOL Annex V Examination · MARPOL Annex I Examination · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · NPV Safety Exam
Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2306901
16 March 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 288220
28 December 1999 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 538570
15 September 1998 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 420275

Deficiency record · 6

Engineering › Fuel Oil Service System › Piping
Issued 3 August 2016 Resolved
1430: The jacketed piping system shall include a means for collection of leakage and arrangements shall be provided for an alarm to be given of a fuel line failure. PSCO observed the leak alarm for the fuel system on the #2 generator not working when activated. C/E provided request for parts via SMS. SOLAS 74a (01) II-2/15.2.9 - 16 a,c
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 17 August 2016
Resolved 17 August 2016
Resolution: PSC NOLA received a report from Skaarup Ship Managemetn Co. Ltd. satisfying the requirement.
Engineering › Fuel Oil Storage/Transfer System › Gauge
Issued 28 December 2015 Resolved
9900- Other (not clearly hazardous) Means shall be maintained in proper condition to ensure continued accurate functioning in service. Crew intentionally gagging self-closing safety valves on glass gauges in engine room with mechanical means or leaving valves in locked and open position.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 11 January 2016
Resolved 12 January 2016
Resolution: PSC NOLA received proper documentation from NKK satisfying the requirement.
Engineering › Fuel Oil Service System › Piping
Issued 28 December 2015 Resolved
9900-(Other, not clearly hazardous) The arrangements for oil fuel shall ensure safety of ship and persons on board. PSCO observed that fuel lines for engine room boiler had been wrapped with cotton line which was saturated with fuel oil.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 11 January 2016
Resolved 12 January 2016
Resolution: PSC NOLA received proper documentation from NKK satisfying the requirement.
Operations/Management › Pollution › Control of Garbage
Issued 28 December 2015 Resolved
9900-Other (not clearly hazardous) Every vessel shall have a garbage management plan which the crew shall follow. Engineers are not following the garbage management plan. Specifically, oiled rags are being shoved into waste oil drains beneath each service generator and spent plastic water bottles are being left in boxes near electrical equipment in engine control room.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 11 January 2016
Resolved 12 January 2016
Resolution: PSC NOLA received proper documentation from NKK satisfying the requirement.
Operations/Management › Pollution › Control of Discharge of Sewage
Issued 28 December 2015 Resolved
9900-Other (not clearly hazardous) After any survey no change shall be made in the structural arrangements, machinery, equipment and other items covered by the survey, without the sanction of the Administration. Crew has redirected treated sewage from the sewage discharge connection to aft peak tank by way of a flange and hose going down into the APT vent.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 11 January 2016
Resolved 12 January 2016
Resolution: PSC NOLA received proper documentation from NKK satisfying the requirement.
Engineering › Fuel Oil Service System › Piping
Issued 28 December 2015 Resolved
9900-Other (not clearly hazardous) The arrangements for oil fuel shall ensure safety of ship and persons on board. Crew using tomato sauce can for collecting leaks from fuel injector on cylinder #5 on main engine. Tomato can was removed by crew and no active leaks were observed by PSCO.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 28 December 2015
Resolved 28 December 2015
Resolution: Deficiency was corrected on the spot.

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.