BIRCH 3

Freight Ship · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

BIRCH 3 is a 1999 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 1999, most recently in September 2011, along with 7 deficiencies and 3 operational controls.

Records from 1999 to 2011. Most recent: inspection, 4 September 2011.

Built: 1999
Last inspected: 4 September 2011
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 22
Deficiencies: 7 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9150731 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

VRDP9

MISLE id

497567

Flag

HONG KONG

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-497567

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations11

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded10

Years with a record 9 calendar years (1999–2011)

The 22 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 15 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 it13781 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
20412 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
26775 - Displacement, Metric Ton
6607 - 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 · 22

4 September 2011 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4135762

7 June 2008 MARPOL Annex I Examination · ISPS II Exam · MARPOL Annex V Examination · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3226509

19 April 2008 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3187634

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

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3121446

10 December 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3112799

3 January 2007 NPV Safety Exam · ISPS III Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Northern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2849279

8 October 2006 Enhanced Seaway Inspection (Massena only)

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Massena · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 2793593

12 September 2006 MARPOL Annex V Examination · Ballast Water Examination · MARPOL Annex I Examination · Random ISPS/MTSA/PSC

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2769219

7 January 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2562764

7 January 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2854811

13 October 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2513590

23 August 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2472905

22 February 2005 Ballast Water Examination · Random ISPS/MTSA/PSC

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2297231

1 October 2004 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2210842

27 September 2004 PII Safety Exam · STCW 95 Exam · MARPOL Annex I Examination · ILO-147 Exam · MARPOL Annex V Examination

Physical examination · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2208456

21 August 2002 Ballast Water Examination · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1664560

2 May 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Massena · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 1613229

1 May 2002 Passenger/Freight Vessel Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Massena · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 1608681

16 September 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO JUNEAU · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 282184

17 August 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO JUNEAU · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 281196

15 July 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Massena · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 430650

8 July 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 430436

Deficiency record · 7

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Incinerator, Shipboard

Issued 4 January 2008 Resolved

The incinerator is not operating as designed. Vessel has notified company of inoperable incinerator as per ISM.

Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Due 7 January 2008
Resolved 19 April 2008
Resolution: Received class report attesting to the proper operation of the ship''s incinerator.

Fire Fighting

Issued 17 August 2000 Resolved

FIRE DRILL REQUIRED TO BE CONDUCTED 2 TIMES DUE TO INSUFFICIENT CREW TRAINING.

Condition: Unknown
Due 17 August 2000
Resolved 17 August 2000

Lifesaving

Issued 17 August 2000 Resolved

MISSING NONCONDUCTIVE MAT BEHIND CONTROL PANEL IN ENG CONTROL RM.

Condition: Unknown
Due 16 September 2000
Resolved 16 September 2000

Lifesaving

Issued 17 August 2000 Resolved

RETRO-REFLECTIVE TAPE MISSING OR INCOMPLETE ON LIFEBUOYS.

Condition: Unknown
Due 16 September 2000
Resolved 16 September 2000

Navigation

Issued 17 August 2000 Resolved

U.S. COAST PILOT MISSING

Condition: Unknown
Due 16 September 2000
Resolved 16 September 2000

Navigation

Issued 15 July 1999 Resolved

Pubs for Great Lakes voyage not on board.

Condition: Unknown
Due 16 July 1999
Resolved 19 July 1999

Navigation

Issued 15 July 1999 Resolved

Charts for Great Lakes voyage not on board.

Condition: Unknown
Due 16 July 1999
Resolved 19 July 1999

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.