BOW CHAIN

Tank Ship · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

BOW CHAIN is a 2002 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 36 inspections since 2003, most recently in December 2025, along with 5 deficiencies and 6 operational controls.

Records from 2003 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 8 December 2025.

Built: 2002
Last inspected: 8 December 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 36
Deficiencies: 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9214317 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

V7A3528

MISLE id

630594

Flag

MARSHALL ISLANDS

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-630594

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations20

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded10

Years with a record 18 calendar years (2003–2025)

The 36 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 Tank Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Documentation record

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 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 · 36

8 December 2025 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8276682

30 October 2024 COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8025822

29 October 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8026527

10 November 2023 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7819387

2 February 2023 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7631128

15 January 2023 COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7621647

10 January 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7619425

18 October 2021 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · Ballast Water Examination · PSC B · MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7334615

4 November 2020 PSC B · COC-CHEM Annual

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7083680

19 August 2019 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6777917

8 August 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6777101

25 July 2018 Ballast Water Examination · COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6485650

26 March 2018 Administrative Inspection · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6378763

16 December 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6325359

29 July 2017 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6219530

23 June 2016 ISPS II Exam · COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5913203

26 March 2016 COE-Dockside

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5840951

3 August 2015 Ballast Water Examination · Deficiency Check · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5204914

26 July 2011 ISPS II Exam · COC-CHEM Renew · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4094567

7 January 2011 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · COC-CHEM Annual

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3922842

26 February 2009 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3424557

10 December 2008 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · COC-CHEM Annual

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3377756

29 May 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3221679

18 December 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3117318

18 September 2007 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3060643

11 September 2007 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3055707

25 March 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2891935

18 March 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2890423

17 March 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2889839

18 March 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2604767

14 March 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2602564

29 November 2005 MARPOL Annex V Examination · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · MARPOL Annex I Examination · COC-CHEM Renew

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2542340

23 June 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2108509

16 June 2004 MTSA/ISPS Verification

Physical examination · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2099966

16 June 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2100479

27 June 2003 Certificate of Compliance

Administrative · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1828396

Deficiency record · 5

Engineering › Generator (propulsion/auxiliary-electric) › Circuit Breaker (overload/over current protection)

Issued 26 March 2018 Resolved

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

Personnel › Certificates/Documents/Licenses › STCW Endorsement

Issued 3 August 2015 Resolved

The Second Engineer's Certificate of Receipt of Application for his Norwegian flag state endorsement expired on 03 August, 2015 and the vessel does not have a Letter of Dispensation to sail without a Second Engineer. (SEE FORM b FOR FULL WRITEUP)

Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Resolved 7 August 2015
Resolution: Received Certificate of Receipt of Application for the Second Engineer''''''''s Norwegian flag state endorsement from the vessels Flag State to expire on 07NOV2015.

Deck/Cargo › Cargo Transfer/Lightering (liquid) › Transfer Hose

Issued 26 July 2011 Resolved

Vessel did not have blanks for cargo hoses. To be corrected to satisfaction of attending Marine Inspector. 33CFR155.805

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 9 November 2011
Resolution: Received a Master''s statement from the vessel satisfying the requirement.

Engineering › Fuel Oil Service System › Pump

Issued 29 May 2008 Resolved

Vessel's Fuel oil pump spindle suction valve for the main engine cylinder #7 was found malfunctioning.

Condition: Unknown
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 30 May 2008
Resolution: Received class report attesting to the proper repairs and operation of the malfunctioning valve on the #7 fuel pump.

Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Radar

Issued 18 December 2007 Resolved

X-band radar inoperable. The vessel must submit technician report prior to departure.

Condition: Unknown
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 18 December 2007
Resolution: RCDO received technician report. Radar is operating normally. The vessel has been released from OPCON.

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.