OPAL LEADER

Freight Ship · Ro-Ro Cargo Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

OPAL LEADER is a 2007 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 2022, most recently in January 2026, along with 3 deficiencies — 2 with no resolution recorded —.

Records from 2022 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 26 January 2026.

Built: 2007
Last inspected: 26 January 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 5
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 2 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 Ro-Ro Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 26 January 2026

Recorded inspections5

…physical examinations3

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 2 without a recorded resolution

…past their stated due date1

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2022–2026)

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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9318498

C6VT8

912893

Flag

BAHAMAS, THE

Maury page id

psix-912893

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it22386 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
22386 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
10851 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
40986 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
40986 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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 1 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 · 5

26 January 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8298717

23 January 2026 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8300641

17 July 2025 PSC A

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8178529

18 October 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7834514

27 January 2022 Ballast Water Examination · PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7386248

Deficiency record · 3

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system

Issued 31 January 2026 No resolution recorded

There shall be provided a fixed fire detection and fire alarm system complying with the requirements of the FSS code. The activation of any detector or manually operated call point shall initiate a visual and audible fire detection alarm signal at the control panel and indicating units. if the signal has not been acknowledged within two minutes an audible alarm shall be automatically sounded throughout the crew accomodation, service spaces, control stations, and machinery spaces of category A. PSCO was informed at start of exam fire detection system has been malfunctioning for four days. Audible and visual will alarm at panel on bridge, but no audible at the E/R panel or throughout accomodation automatically after two minutes. 74 SOLAS (04 cons.) REG 20.4.1 FSS Code CH.9 REG 2.5.1.1

Due 31 March 2026 — due date passed with no resolution recorded

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system

Issued 28 January 2026 Resolved

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 31 January 2026
Resolution: class dispensation issued to allow vessel to sail until parts or tech can become available for obsolete system.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 26 January 2026 No resolution recorded

The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regulations to ensure that the ship in all respects will remain fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons on board. PSCO observed Lube Oil Purifiers tare inoperable due to a damaged control board. Vessel has ordered a control board but the part is delayed. NKK notated inoperable Lube Oil Purifiers however did not issue a dispensation.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 31 March 2027

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.