CMA CGM BLUE WHALE

Freight Ship · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW)

CMA CGM BLUE WHALE is a 2007 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2016, most recently in January 2026, along with 4 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 13 January 2026.

Built: 2007
Last inspected: 13 January 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 16
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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 13 January 2026

Recorded inspections16

…physical examinations10

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 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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9317963

9HA4994

871970

Flag

MALTA

Maury page id

psix-871970

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it54309 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
34011 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
65848 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
86588 - Displacement, Metric 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 · 16

13 January 2026 PSC A

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8294781

4 November 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8270363

14 October 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8251430

25 March 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8099740

8 March 2025 PSC A

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8089926

3 May 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7906296

15 November 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7594604

11 October 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Dutch Harbor · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7575146

31 March 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Dutch Harbor · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7421700

1 December 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7360202

22 September 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7314486

19 September 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7315595

17 September 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7314548

12 December 2017 ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6323238

31 October 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6298147

14 September 2016 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6000474

Deficiency record · 4

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions

Issued 8 March 2025 Resolved

Doors required to be self-closing shall not be fitted with hold-back hooks. PSCO observed "A" class door in galley labeled cold provisions chamber held open with rope. 74SOLAS(04) II-2/9.4.2.2

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 8 March 2025
Resolution: Rope was removed from door, allowing it to close fully.

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Voyage data recorder (VDR)/Simplified Voyage data recorder(S-VDR)

Issued 12 October 2022 Resolved

TO ASSIST IN CASUALTY INVESTIGAITON, SHIPS, WHEN ENGAGED ON INTERNATIONAL VOYAGES, SUBJECT TO REGULATION 1.4, SHALL BE FITTED WITH A VOYAGE DATA RECORDER (VDR). VDR IS HAVING INTERMITTANT ISSUES RECRODING RADAR IMAGES.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 13 October 2022
Resolved 13 October 2022
Resolution: Class issued short term cargo ship safety equipment certificate to the satisfaction of USCG.

Engineering › Fuel Oil Service System › Piping

Issued 14 September 2016 Resolved

0750- Firefighting-The ignition of flammable liquids shall be provided to control leaks of flammable liquids. Observed the top of the main engine heads (#2,3,4 & 5) leaking fuel oil. 74 SOLAS (14) II-2/4.1.1

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 20 September 2016
Resolution: Received class report from BV attesting to proper rectification of deficiency.

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Oily Water Separator (15 ppm)

Issued 14 September 2016 Resolved

1740-Pollution prevention Oil filtering equipment shall ensure that oil mixture discharge in the sea after passing through the system has an oil content not exceeding 15ppm. Observed oil meter content not recording a log, the SIM card is selected to off. 73 MARPOL (11) ANX.1/14.6

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 20 September 2016
Resolution: Received class report from BV attesting to proper rectification of deficiency.

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.