BITU EXPRESS

Tank Ship · Built 2000s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

BITU EXPRESS is a 2002 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 25 inspections since 2004, most recently in April 2024, along with 12 deficiencies.

Records from 2004 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 4 April 2024.

Built: 2002
Last inspected: 4 April 2024
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 25
Deficiencies: 12 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9265689 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

HOZW

MISLE id

670809

Flag

PANAMA

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-670809

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations18

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded4

Years with a record 12 calendar years (2004–2024)

The 25 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 it28323 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
11602 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
59157 - Displacement, Metric Ton
49282 - Dead Weight, 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.

Inspected as a tow unit · 1

The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.

SANTA BARBARA Freight Ship · MISLE 373789 · 13 July 2007 · activity 2993944 SANTA BARBARA Freight Ship · MISLE 373789 · 13 July 2007 · activity 2993946 SANTA BARBARA Freight Ship · MISLE 373789 · 4 July 2007 · activity 2993686

Inspection history · 25

4 April 2024 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7888776

25 March 2024 PSC B · COC-TVE Renew

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7883652

12 August 2022 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7531444

12 July 2022 COC-TVE Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7504406

5 March 2021 PSC B · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Southeastern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7150754

27 August 2020 COC-TVE Renew · PSC A · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7043334

15 July 2019 ISPS II Exam · COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6744333

8 July 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6750396

26 July 2018 Ballast Water Examination · COC-TVE Renew · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6485318

19 February 2017 COC-TVE Renew · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6089816

22 February 2010 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · COC-TVE Renew

Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 3684229

29 November 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 3107541

13 July 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2993944

13 July 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2993946

9 July 2007 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2989904

5 July 2007 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · COC-TVE Annual

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2984766

4 July 2007 ISM Exam

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2984876

4 July 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2993686

21 March 2007 ISPS III Exam

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2891681

21 August 2006 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2755088

22 May 2006 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2656013

13 May 2006 COC-TVE Renew · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2648206

16 May 2005 ISPS II Exam · COC-TVE Annual · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2361328

8 July 2004 NPV Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2126229

29 March 2004 Certificate of Compliance

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment American Samoa · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 2033618

Deficiency record · 12

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances

Issued 25 March 2024 Resolved

THERE SHALL BE AT LEAST ONE PORTABLE FOAM APPLICATOR UNIT COMPLYING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE FSS CODE. PSCO FOUND HOSE ON EDUCTOR DRY ROTTED AND TORN. CHIEF ENGINEER REPLACED ON THE SPOT.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 25 March 2024
Resolved 25 March 2024

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)

Issued 25 March 2024 Resolved

THE CONDITION OF THE SHIP AND ITS EQUIPMENT SHALL BE MAINTAINED TO CONFORM WITH THE PROVISIONS OF PRESENT REGULATIONS TO ENSURE SHIP IN ALL RESPECTS PROCEED TO SEA WITHOUT DANGER TO SHIP OR PERSONS ON BOARD. PSCO OBSERVED EMERGENCY LIGHT ABOVE FORWARD LIFERAFT BROKEN OFF OF DEDICATED BRACKET AND BEING HELD ON WITH NYLON ROPE

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 25 March 2024
Resolved 4 April 2024
Resolution: bracket cropped and renewed and light fixtures was replaced and tested.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Cargo tank vent system

Issued 25 March 2024 Resolved

FLAME SCREENS SHALL BE SINGLE SCREEN OF CORROSION-RESISTANT WIRE OF AT LEAST 30 BY 30 MESH OR TWO FITTED SCREENS OF AT LEAST 20 BY 20 WIRE MESH. SPACED NOT LESS THAN 1/2 INCH OR MORE THAN 1 AND 1/2 APART. PSCO OBSERVED HOLES IN FLAME SCREENS ON #2 STBD AND #3 PORT PV VALVES. PUMPMAN WAS ABLE TO REPLACE DURING INSPECTION.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 25 March 2024
Resolved 25 March 2024

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Oil accumulation in engine room

Issued 27 August 2020 Resolved

07126 - Arrangements for distribution and utilization of the oil fuel shall be such as to ensure safety of the ship and persons onboard. MDE fuel injector on No. 6 cylinder head was found leaking. MDE pumps No. 2, 4, and 6 were also found leaking. 74SOLAS(01)II-2/15.2

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 28 August 2020
Resolution: Received Class report attesting to the proper repairs.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)

Issued 27 August 2020 Resolved

07119 - The condition of the ship and it's equipment shall be maintained to conform w/ the provisions of present regulations to ensure the ship remains fit to proceed at sea without danger to ship or persons onboard. PSCO observed saturated lagging on No. 1 cargo pump pipe and oil accumulation on the deck where the pipe penetrates the deck above cargo pumps. 74SOLAS(14)I/11 33CFR156.120(p)

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 28 August 2020
Resolution: Received class report stating that the No. 1 cargo line was isolated and placed out of service.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Oil accumulation in engine room

Issued 27 August 2020 Resolved

07199 - The condition of the ship and it's equipment shall be maintained to conform w/ the provisions of present regulations to ensure danger to ship or persons onboard. PSCO observed loose wires to sensors for high temp on No. 1 cargo pump. Crew could not initially demonstrate test of No. 1 bearing high temp sensor and No. 1 casing over high sensor. Before the exam ended, ship's crew was able to demonstrate test of all alarms with satisfactory results. 74SOLAS(14)1/11

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 27 August 2020

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › International Oil Pollution Prevention (IOPP)

Issued 26 July 2018 Resolved

01117-IOPP-An International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate shall be issued to any oil tanker of 10 gross tonnage and above and any other ships of 40 gross tonnage and above. PSCO identified that IOPP Supplement Form B records the incorrect quantity (25cm3) for the maximum throughput of OWS and does not provide of slop tanks on board. RO to provide corrected IOPP supplement to vessel. MARPOL Annex I/7 50 a

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 26 August 2018
Resolved 2 August 2018
Resolution: Vessel submitted corrected IOPP Certificate and Supplement identifying number of slop tanks and proper throughput for OWS.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell

Issued 19 February 2017 Resolved

The vessel has a pinhole leak in the side shell, starboard side below the life boat in way of a fuel tank. Make temporary repairs to the satisfaction of the Class society and U.S Coast Guard, prior to departure from port.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 19 February 2017
Resolved 20 February 2017
Resolution: Cleared while onboard and with Class Report.

Operations/Management › Vessel Safety Management › Master's Responsiblity/Authority

Issued 4 July 2007 Resolved

Vessel's Master failed to immediately notify company of near miss incident which occurred on 04 July 2007, as required by the vessels Safety Management Manual, Binder #11, Tab II (Shipboard Role), section I(2). Vessel to report incident to company’s Designated Person as required and provide local OCMI documentation verifying completion of report.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 5 July 2007
Resolution: Vessel provided documentation verifying completion of report.

Documentation › Logs/Records › Ballast Water Logs/Records

Issued 13 May 2006 Resolved

As per the ship Ballast Water Management Plan crew training has not been conducted. Ballast water sampling points need to be identified. The [name withheld] is using a ballast water handling form, which has not been approved by the company and added to the plan. These items need to be corrected prior to the vessel returning to the US from overseas.

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 22 May 2006
Resolution: The [name withheld] under the direction of the Master put together a Ballast Water Plan which was approved by the company.

Documentation › Logs/Records › Garbage Recordkeeping

Issued 13 May 2006 Resolved

Mixed Garbage was found in all of the containers throughout the vessel. The C/O needs to make corrections to the plan regarding additional color coding of the trash bins. Red cans for plastic are also being used to collect batteries. Blue cans for food waste are also being used for oily rags. More color cans need added for specific items that need to be disposed of.

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 22 May 2006
Resolution: The Master reviewed the MARPOL and Company requirements with the crew. He also has the containers re-marked and re-painted.

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

Issued 29 March 2004 Resolved

Unable to inspect cargo pumproom. No marine chemist/industrial hygenist available in American Samoa.

Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Resolved 8 July 2004
Resolution: Inspected pumproom after Marine Chemist approved for entry. All satisfactory.

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.