MERLIN

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named MERLIN

MERLIN is a 2001 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 2002, most recently in January 2017, along with 6 deficiencies and 3 operational controls.

Records from 2002 to 2017. Most recent: inspection, 14 January 2017.

Built: 2001
Last inspected: 14 January 2017
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 19
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

9223552 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

V7JB5

MISLE id

567930

Flag

MARSHALL ISLANDS

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-567930

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations13

…with no type recorded6

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2002–2017)

The 19 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 9 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 it17077 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
17077 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
50296 - Dead Weight, Ton
58136 - Displacement, Ton
27980 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
27980 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross 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 · 19

14 January 2017 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6070987

29 February 2016 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5804061

22 February 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5817865

18 February 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5817644

23 May 2014 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4866588

9 May 2014 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4847970

3 May 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4849739

12 November 2007 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3097299

24 October 2006 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · MARPOL Annex I Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2806946

18 December 2004 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2257403

27 July 2004 ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2144579

26 July 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Astoria · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2150761

19 June 2004 Ballast Water Examination · MARPOL Annex I Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2101565

16 June 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Astoria · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2108490

15 January 2004 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1985514

13 January 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · GROUP SEATTLE · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1983523

5 May 2003 Annual Inspection · Ballast Water Examination · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1787175

30 May 2002 Annual Inspection · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1623723

27 May 2002 Security Inspection

Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1621445

Deficiency record · 6

Accommodation/Occupational Safety › Occupational Safety › Deck Rail

Issued 9 May 2014 Resolved

Guard rails fitted on superstructure and freeboard decks shall have at least three courses. Between the Nr2 and Nr3 cargo holds on the starboard side, top course is fractured.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 23 May 2014
Resolved 19 September 2014
Resolution: Received corrective action plan and pictures showing guard rail has been renewed.

Lifesaving › Launching Appliances › Lines

Issued 12 November 2007 Resolved

VESSEL'S PORT LIFEBOAT INTERNAL LAUNCHING MECHANISM DOES NOT LOWER WITH THE LIFEBOAT, DETACHES FROM LIFEBOAT, PREVENTING FURTHER LOWERING FROM CREW INSIDE, CREATING UNDUE RISK TO CREW. 17a

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 26 November 2007
Resolution: Received Class report, stating "The lifeboat release mechanism was overhauled and the release rope renewed. During our survey, we witnessed lifeboat lowering and found it operate correctly. This item is in order now."

Engineering › Steam Boiler (propulsion) › Refractory

Issued 27 July 2004 Resolved

Provide Class report clearing Item # 2 from Activity # 2101565.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 30 July 2004
Resolution: Received Class report requiring repairs to the incinerator to be completed by 28OCT04.

Documentation › Manuals/Policy Documentation › Training Manual (lifesaving)

Issued 19 June 2004 Resolved

Provide crew familiarization checklist in accordance with STCW 95 VI/1 to the satisfaction of USCG PSCO.

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 19 July 2004
Resolved 18 December 2004
Resolution: PSC Inspector reviewed the vessel''s crew familiarization checklist and found it in accordance with STCW 95.

Engineering › Steam Boiler (propulsion) › Refractory

Issued 19 June 2004 Resolved

Make repairs to incinerator refactory lining on door where large chunks have fallen off and renew metal lining to doorway on right side where metal is flaking off in chunks, SOLAS 1/II, to the satisfaction of class.

Condition: Unknown
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 19 July 2004
Resolved 30 July 2004
Resolution: Received Class report requiring repairs to the incinerator to be completed by 28OCT04.

Documentation › Manuals/Policy Documentation

Issued 30 May 2002 Resolved

PROVIDE COMPLETE AND CORRECT SOLAS TRAINING MANUAL. SOLAS TRAINING MANUAL PROVIDED BY COMPANY INCOMPLETE. MISSING EQUIPMENT SPECIFIC ILLUSTRATIONS. MANUAL PROVIDED WAS CANNED/GENERIC TYPE. LEGACY COMPONENT DESC: Training Manual (lifesaving)

Condition: Unknown
Due 30 June 2002
Resolved 5 May 2003
Resolution: Deficiency rectified during AEF.

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.