BOW SEA

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

BOW SEA is a 2006 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 2016, most recently in May 2026, along with 4 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 27 May 2026.

Built: 2006
Last inspected: 27 May 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 27 May 2026

Recorded inspections14

…physical examinations13

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2016–2026)

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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9215282

LAPT8

866684

Flag

NORWAY

Maury page id

psix-866684

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it49511 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
53400 - Displacement, Metric Ton
15032 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
30008 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross 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 · 14

27 May 2026 Administrative Inspection · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · MARPOL Annex I Examination

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8382086

5 December 2025 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8277999

21 March 2025 PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Annual

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8094586

18 March 2024 COC-CHEM Renew · PSC B · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7880136

21 May 2023 COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7693033

17 August 2022 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7536631

5 March 2022 Administrative Inspection · PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7406277

19 April 2021 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7179043

27 March 2021 COC-CHEM & TVE Annual

Type not classified · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7161481

31 January 2020 PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6899520

3 October 2018 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6553718

17 April 2018 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6393055

28 August 2017 COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS III Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6251655

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

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5955913

Deficiency record · 4

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (cargo)

Issued 5 June 2026 Resolved

A water-spray system of sufficient capacity shall be provided to blanket effectively the area surrounding the loading manifold the exposed deck piping associated with product handling, and the tank domes. The arrangment if piping and nozzles shall be such as to give a uniform distribution rate of 10l/m2/min. PSCO observed numerious inoperable nozzles (only one operational) on port side. One manifold on starboard side had no coverage.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 7 June 2026
Resolution: Recieved satisfactory RO report showing Deck Water Spray system repaired.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Functionality of Safety Systems

Issued 5 June 2026 Resolved

Ships carrying cargoes for which "yes" is indicated in column N of chapter 17 shall be provided with suitable respiratory and eye protection sufficient for every person on board for emergency escape purposes, subject to the following suitably marked decontamination showers and an eyewash shall be available on deck in convenient locations. The shower and eyewash shall be operable in all ambient conditions. PSCO observed eyewash/shower pressure plate fall through deck upon acivation of shower.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 5 June 2026
Resolution: Cleared on spot. New bolts installed.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Inert gas system

Issued 27 March 2021 Resolved

Tankers shall have a maintenance plan for inert gas systems. The span gas was expired.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Resolved 19 April 2021
Resolution: Vessel provided pictures of new span gas bottles with valid expiration dates.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Inert gas system

Issued 27 March 2021 Resolved

For tankers of 20,000 tonnes deadweight+ upwards, the protection of cargo tanks shall be achieved by a fiexed inert gas system in accordance with the requirements of the FSS code. A chimical tanker shall comply with the requirements of the international bulk chemical code prior to loading cargoes as per the certificate of fitness of petroleum products.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 21 April 2021

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.