BOW SPRING

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

BOW SPRING is a 2004 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 29 inspections since 2004, most recently in April 2026, along with 3 deficiencies and 5 operational controls.

Records from 2004 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 24 April 2026.

Built: 2004
Last inspected: 24 April 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 29
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9215256 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

LADW6

MISLE id

721771

Flag

NORWAY

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-721771

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations20

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded7

Years with a record 16 calendar years (2004–2026)

The 29 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 it63855 - Displacement, Metric Ton
49429 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
29992 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
15032 - Convention (Subpart B), Net 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 · 29

24 April 2026 Administrative Inspection · PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8350333

5 December 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8278201

2 April 2025 PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Annual

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8101263

15 April 2024 PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7894090

22 November 2022 PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Physical examination · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7595392

25 May 2021 PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7203283

7 September 2019 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6812812

2 September 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6805555

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

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6789343

23 August 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6792645

22 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6791850

19 March 2018 Deficiency Check · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · Administrative Inspection · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6372395

24 August 2016 ISPS II Exam · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5982237

14 August 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5972046

30 December 2015 COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5787261

4 October 2014 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4994963

23 September 2011 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · COC-CHEM Annual

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4151371

16 March 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3696485

25 November 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3366716

25 November 2008 ISPS I Exam

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3368996

25 July 2008 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · COC-CHEM Renew

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3278518

16 January 2008 MARPOL Annex I Examination · COC-CHEM Annual · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3131209

25 September 2006 ISPS II Exam · COC-CHEM Renew · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2786623

23 May 2006 Random ISPS/MTSA/PSC

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2657531

15 May 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2650126

13 January 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2566745

27 August 2005 Ballast Water Examination · COC-CHEM Annual · ISPS III Exam

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2476289

8 October 2004 ISPS II Exam · COC-CHEM Renew

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2212916

3 October 2004 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2211979

Deficiency record · 3

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

Issued 25 August 2019 Resolved

Each vessel vapor connection flange face must have a permanent stud. Vapor connection flanges 5P, 6P, and Aux 1p did not have permanently affixed stud. 46CFR39.2001(j) 40c

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 7 September 2019
Resolution: Vessel submitted picture evidence of proper vapor studs permanently affixed on noted vapor flanges.

Fire Fighting › Fixed Low-Expansion Foam Fire Extinguishing System › Quantity of Foam

Issued 19 March 2018 Resolved

The machinery, boiler and other pressure vessels, associated piping systems and fittings shall be of a design and construction adequate for the service for which they enter. Tank level gauge on deck foam tank is inoperable. PSCO observed crew conduct manual gauging to verify foam level. 74SOLAS(04) II-1/26.1

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 19 April 2018
Resolved 9 April 2018
Resolution: PSC HOU received satisfactory documentation of repairs.

Documentation › Safety Management System › Key Shipboard Operations Plans/Instructions

Issued 19 March 2018 Resolved

The company should ensure that inspections are held at appropritate intervals. Crew could not provide documentation of compliance for requirements of quarterly inspections of deck foam tank levels. 74 SOLAS (14) IX 3.1 REF ISM Part A/10.2.1

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 19 April 2018
Resolved 9 April 2018
Resolution: PSC HOU received satisfactory documentation clearing def.

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.