NS CHALLENGER

Tank Ship · Built 2000s · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Other hulls named NS CHALLENGER

NS CHALLENGER is a 2005 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 29 inspections since 2005, most recently in September 2021, along with 3 deficiencies and 7 operational controls.

Records from 2005 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 19 September 2021.

Built: 2005
Last inspected: 19 September 2021
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

9299680 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

A8FD6

MISLE id

757487

Flag

LIBERIA

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-757487

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations15

…administrative events8

…with no type recorded6

Years with a record 12 calendar years (2005–2021)

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.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 5 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 Tank Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it57248 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
34836 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
109841 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
126974 - 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 · 29

19 September 2021 PSC B · COC-TVE Renew

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7313063

16 June 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6978673

22 March 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6930114

13 March 2020 PSC B · COC-TVE Annual

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6921359

30 January 2019 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · COC-TVE Renew

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6615449

30 November 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6590041

16 August 2018 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6514100

3 July 2018 COE-Dockside

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6465377

7 April 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6387111

26 February 2018 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6361908

31 January 2018 Deficiency Check · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · COC-TVE Annual

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6342247

23 June 2017 ISPS III Exam · COE-Dockside

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6184234

19 January 2017 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · COC-TVE Renew · COE-Dockside

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6073383

10 December 2015 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5779359

10 October 2015 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5740015

9 October 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5739701

12 August 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Northern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4953426

24 June 2014 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4898160

2 June 2014 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · COC-TVE Renew · COE-Dockside

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4872081

27 May 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4870742

28 January 2010 COE-Offshore

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3671526

17 December 2009 Ballast Water Examination · MARPOL Annex V Examination · COC-TVE Annual · MARPOL Annex I Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3642564

6 May 2009 COE-Dockside

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3469198

12 August 2008 COC-TVE Renew · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3291159

19 June 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2967233

20 May 2007 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2935383

29 March 2007 COC-TVE Renew · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2897367

11 June 2005 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS I Exam · COC-TVE Renew

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2383991

11 June 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2387039

Deficiency record · 3

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

Issued 2 February 2018 Resolved

1150- No person may use any equipment listed in paragraph (c) of this cite for transfer operations unless the vessel tests and inspects the equipment in accordance with this cite. Each transfer pipe system, including each metallic hose, must not leak under a static liquid pressure at least 1.5 times the MAWP. The last time the vessel tested to 1.5 times MAWP of their transfer hoses was 16OCT2014. The time since last test date is in excess of the testing frequency required. 33CFR156.170 15c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Resolved 26 February 2018
Resolution: Vessel sent in proper documentation and pictures showing the the cargo lines had been tested at 150% MAWP. No issues noted, no pollution noted.

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

Issued 31 January 2018 Resolved

1150-No person may use any equipment listed in paragraph (c) of this section for transfer operations unless the vessel test and inspects the equipment in accordance with this section. The last time the vessel tested to 1 1/2 times MAWP was 16OCT2014 at 20.6 BAR. Also, last 100% MAWP test was 20SEP2016 at 13.7 BAR. Vessel must prove system will not leak liquid while pressurized to 1 1/2 times MAWP. 33CFR156.170 17c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 2 February 2018
Resolution: Coast Guard is giving an exception to allow the vessel’s departure from this port having only completed the 100% MAWP pressure test. A new deficiency will be issued that will replace deficiency number 01. Vessel is permitted to coduct cargo ops.

Deck/Cargo › Cargo Stowage › General

Issued 31 January 2018 Resolved

1099-Pressure sensors may be fitted in each tank protected by the arrangement required in paragraph 6.1.2, with a monitoring system in the ships cargo control room. Such monitoring equipman shall also provide an alarm facility which is activated by detection of over pressure or under pressure conditions within the tank. Currently the #4S pressure sensor was indicating a pressure of 6 mBAR. When checked locally by the crew using portable equipment sensor showed 700 mBAR. This proves the system is not operating properly. Vessel must provide USCG with a corrective action plan on how vessel will monitor tank pressure. 74SOLAS(2004) II-2/11.6.3 50abc

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 2 March 2018
Resolved 5 February 2018
Resolution: Attending DNV GL Surveyor has verified repairs to vessels cargo oil tank remote monitoring system and all tanks No. 1 P/S through No. 6 P/S and sighted all as fully functional. Repair considered permanent and complete at this time.

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.