STRAITS CHALLENGER

Freight Ship · Ro-Ro Cargo Ship class · Built 1990s · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O)

STRAITS CHALLENGER is a 1999 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 27 inspections since 1999, most recently in July 2026, along with 4 deficiencies and 5 operational controls.

Records from 1999 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 9 July 2026.

Built: 1999
Last inspected: 9 July 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 27
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9186950 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

9MQN4

MISLE id

490837

Flag

MALAYSIA

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-490837

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations10

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded13

Years with a record 12 calendar years (1999–2026)

The 27 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 Ro-Ro Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 1981.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it51204 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
15362 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
31984 - Displacement, Ton
17297 - 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

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 · 27

9 July 2026 VRP Review

Administrative · U.S. COAST GUARD FORCES MICRONESIA/SECTOR GUAM · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 8434179

24 January 2026 PSC A

Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8299398

20 January 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector San Juan · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8296129

24 July 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4383801

14 September 2011 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4142934

12 September 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4135179

6 July 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4071514

11 January 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3922356

12 March 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 3163277

4 February 2008 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 3138589

3 May 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2921993

2 February 2006 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2578179

31 January 2006 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2576823

22 November 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Santa Barbara · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2539243

22 November 2005 Random ISPS/MTSA/PSC

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Santa Barbara · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2539264

21 November 2005 ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2538737

28 July 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2442559

13 July 2005 PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2425744

21 December 2004 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2263277

9 September 2004 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2191489

2 May 2003 Ballast Water Examination · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1784869

30 December 2001 Passenger/Freight Vessel Examination · MARPOL Annex I Examination · MARPOL Annex V Examination

Physical examination · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1474514

27 December 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1474026

3 June 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 290638

30 October 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 283618

8 May 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 277542

24 October 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 434002

Deficiency record · 4

Engineering › Thrusters › Blade

Issued 21 December 2004 Resolved

Provide Class Society Report concerning the operational condition of the Bow Thruster prior to departure from port.

Condition: Unknown
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 21 December 2004
Resolved 23 December 2004
Resolution: Received class report from DNV.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell

Issued 21 December 2004 Resolved

Provide Class report of size of inset approx. 2 ft above water line Starboard Bow. (Forward of Vessel's Vehicle Ramp.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 21 December 2004
Resolved 23 December 2004
Resolution: Received class report from DNV.

Lifesaving › Lifeboat Equipment › Food Ration

Issued 9 September 2004 Resolved

Replace missing food ration (01) port for a total of (01) ration totaling not less than 10,000 kjs. each. Fax receipt fo attesting Marine Inspector prior to departure Port of Baltimore. (SOLAS 74(A) III/41.12)

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2004
Resolved 9 September 2004
Resolution: Rcv''d faxed copy for food ration from Vane Bros. dated 09Sep04.

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment

Issued 2 May 2003 Resolved

Missing standard MARPOL discharge connection. LEGACY COMPONENT DESC: Standard Discharge Connection

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 2 June 2003
Resolution: Recieved message from class that the vessel has found the standard discharge connection.

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.