KANG YAO

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

KANG YAO is a 2004 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2004, most recently in July 2016, along with 3 deficiencies and 6 operational controls.

Records from 2004 to 2016. Most recent: inspection, 6 July 2016.

Built: 2004
Last inspected: 6 July 2016
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 12
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

9278777 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

VRAL8

MISLE id

730661

Flag

HONG KONG

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-730661

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations8

…with no type recorded4

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2004–2016)

The 12 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.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 10 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Bulk Carrier class in Maury's sources begin in 1981.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it29342 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
17664 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
52988 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
60768 - 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 · 12

6 July 2016 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · COE-Dockside

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5923527

28 May 2012 ISPS I Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4313055

22 May 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4313218

3 February 2011 COE-Dockside · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3935040

27 March 2010 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3698591

13 November 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3362095

4 November 2008 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3357145

27 February 2006 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2592690

25 August 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2474912

4 December 2004 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2253210

4 December 2004 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2253212

30 November 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · USCGC CHASE (WHEC 718) · Activity 2261022

Deficiency record · 3

Lifesaving › Lifeboat Equipment › Food Ration

Issued 6 July 2016 Resolved

0611-The normal equipment of every lifeboat shall consist of a food ration totaling not less than 10,000 kj for each person the lifeboat is permitted to accomodate; these rations shall be kept in airtight packaging and be stowed in a watertight container. PSCO observed 05 rations out of 25 in port side lifeboat were expired. 74SOLAS am III/34 LSA code IV/4.4.8.12 (17ac)

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 10 July 2016
Resolution: Ship provided proof of new rations onboard vessel. Class provided report attesting to new rations being onboard.

Personnel › Training › Fire Fighting Basic

Issued 4 December 2004 Resolved

Vessel's crew was unable to demonstrate competency during two seperate fire drills. Fire parties were unable to show familiarity with breathing apparatus, isolation of affected spaces, access of fire team into affected spaces and operation of fire extinguishing devices. STCW (1995) Regulation I/14/1.4 and SOLAS (2001 **Vessel Detained**

Condition: Unknown
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 4 December 2004
Resolved 5 December 2004
Resolution: Witnessed satisfactory fire drill, and briefed Master/ Chief Mate of findings.

Fire Fighting › Firemans Outfit › Protective Clothing

Issued 4 December 2004 Resolved

Vessel's fire suits were inadequate. The donned suit lacked sufficient coverage and left skin exposed. IAW Solas(2001 CONS) Ch. II-2 Reg.17. Must be corrected prior to departure from T-86, Seattle-WA.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 4 December 2004
Resolved 5 December 2004
Resolution: Vessel procured two NOMEX hoods to complete firemans outfit.

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.