BW LIBERTY is a 2007 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 2017, most recently in May 2021, along with 2 deficiencies and 1 operational control.
Records from 2017 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 6 May 2021.
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 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.
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Tonnage as PSIX records it48456 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton 17304 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton 73561 - Displacement, Metric Ton 54975 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton 48456 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 17304 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net 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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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
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Inspection history · 7
6 May 2021COC-GAS Renew · PSC B · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7177371
10 January 2020COC-GAS Renew · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6881322
9 August 2019Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6778066
14 February 2019ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · COC-GAS Annual
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions
Issued 6 May 2021Resolved
Doors required to be self-closing shall not be fitted with hold-back hooks. PSCO observed eight (08) self-closing doors fitted with hold-back hooks.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 6 June 2021
Resolved 6 May 2021
Resolution: Hold back hooks were removed.
Documentation › Certificates/Documents › Certificate of Fitness (GC Code)
Issued 7 December 2017Resolved
Where a product is carried at a temperature below -10 Celsius suitable insulation should be provided to ensure the temperature of the hull structure does not fall below the minimum allowable design temperature for the grade of steel concerned when the cargo tanks are at their design temperature and the ambient temperatures are 5 Celsius for air and 0 Celsius for seawater. The ambient temperatures used in the design should be shown on the certificate of fitness. Vessel's COF lists ambient design temps as 45 Celsius air and 32 Celsius seawater. 74SOLAS(14CONS)VII/31.1 REF IGC 4.8.1
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 7 January 2018
Resolved 30 December 2017
Resolution: Received copy of updated CoF with correct ambient design temps of -18C air / 0C water.
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