BOW CHAIN is a 2002 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2016, most recently in December 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 2 operational controls.
Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 8 December 2025.
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.
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
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Tonnage as PSIX records it23190 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton 11915 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton 37518 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton 48498 - Displacement, 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
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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
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Inspection history · 17
8 December 2025COC-CHEM & TVE Renew
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8276682
30 October 2024COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · PSC B
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8025822
29 October 2024Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8026527
10 November 2023COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · PSC B
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7819387
2 February 2023Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7631128
15 January 2023COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · PSC B
Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7621647
10 January 2023Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7619425
18 October 2021COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · Ballast Water Examination · PSC B · MARPOL Annex VI Survey
Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7334615
Engineering › Generator (propulsion/auxiliary-electric) › Circuit Breaker (overload/over current protection)
Issued 26 March 2018Resolved
1400- Propulsion & aux. Machinery-the machinery, boilers and other pressure vessels, associated piping systems and fittings shall be of a design and construction adequate for the service for which they are intended and shall be so installed and protected as to reduce to a minimum any danger to persons on board, due regard being paid to other hazards. The vessel experienced an equipment failure while transiting the navigable water of the United States, which adversely affected its maneuverability and prosed a hazard to vessels and infrastructure along the Houston Ship Channel. 74 SOLAS (2004) II-1/26
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 12 April 2018
Resolved 27 March 2018
Resolution: Rectified with Class Report
Ownership record
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