MERCHANT

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

MERCHANT is a 2003 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2016, most recently in March 2022, along with 3 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2022. Most recent: inspection, 24 March 2022.

Built: 2003
Last inspected: 24 March 2022
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 4 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 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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 24 March 2022

Recorded inspections11

…physical examinations5

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2016–2022)

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 exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

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9250191

V7A2269

658099

Flag

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Maury page id

psix-658099

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it93498 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
28049 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
75095 - Dead Weight, 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

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 11

24 March 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7418029

13 October 2021 COC-GAS Annual · PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7328214

3 October 2021 Special

Type not classified · Liquefied Gas Carrier National Center of Expertise · Activity 7333313

13 July 2020 COC-GAS Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7004929

6 January 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Juan · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6883300

24 December 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Juan · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6878617

14 February 2019 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6625859

4 December 2018 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · COC-GAS Renew

Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6589175

23 March 2016 COC-GAS Renew · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5837195

23 March 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Juan · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5838727

20 March 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Juan · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5836801

Deficiency record · 3

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Atmosphere testing instruments

Issued 13 October 2021 Resolved

Gas detection equipment should be so designed tht it may readibly be tested. Testing and calibration should be carried out at regular intervals. The gas that was used for calibratin of the fixed gas detection system expired 14 Feb 2021.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 13 October 2021
Resolution: Recieved Class report attesting that a new calibration cylinder was delivered to the ship.

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Atmosphere testing instruments

Issued 13 October 2021 Resolved

For the spaces listed in 13.6.7, alarms should be activated for flammable products when the vapour concentration reaches 30% of the lower flammable limit. While testing the fixed gas system with a 50% LEL bottle, the system alarmed at 90% LEL.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 13 October 2021
Resolution: Received a Class report attesting that a calibration was conducted by the manufacturer using the new calibration gas with all tests sat.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Fire protection systems

Issued 4 December 2018 Resolved

Water spray system should be capable of covering all areas with uniformly distributed water spray. PSC observed 01 water spray nozzle missing in area of stbd #1 cargo tank.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 4 December 2018
Resolved 14 February 2019
Resolution: Received documentation attesting to procurement of water spray system nozzles for #1 cargo tank.

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.