AFRICAN JOSEPH R is a 2005 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2016, most recently in July 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 1 operational control.
Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 3 July 2025.
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 Bulk Carrier class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded.
The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by
the kind of activity 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.
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Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it11680 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton 6377 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton 18922 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton 23451 - 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
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dated, citable document — every line with its Coast Guard activity id, the retrieval
date on the cover, built to print to PDF with its page breaks — that a surveyor can
attach and a lender can file. The same facts as this page, complete and in one file.
Every recorded inspection, 2016 to
2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates
and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this
hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when
· how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the
population and never a judgement about this vessel.
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11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifeboats
Issued 15 January 2025Resolved
EACH SURVIVAL CRAFT SHALL BE STOWED IN A STATE OF CONTINUOUS READINESS SO THAT TWO CREW MEMBERS CAN CARRY OUT PREPARATIONS FOR EMBARKATION AND LAUNCHING IN LESS THAN 5 MIN.
PSCO OBSERVED RELEASE CABLE FOR INSIDE LIFEBOATS REMOVED. WHEN REPLACED, CABLE WEIGHT POSITION WAS INADEQUATE FOR PROPER LAUNCHING.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 16 January 2025
Resolution: Technician attended and conducted necessary repairs. Tech and Class report provided and added to documents.
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.