KAVO PALOMA

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2000s · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW)

KAVO PALOMA is a 2007 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2017, most recently in March 2021, along with 4 deficiencies.

Records from 2017 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 18 March 2021.

Built: 2007
Last inspected: 18 March 2021
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 Bulk Carrier class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 18 March 2021

Recorded inspections10

…physical examinations8

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2017–2021)

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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9316880

V7SC7

950906

Flag

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Maury page id

psix-950906

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it38887 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
75698 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
85576 - Displacement, Metric Ton
25194 - Convention (Subpart B), 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

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 · 10

18 March 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7159376

17 March 2021 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7157683

29 June 2019 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6729392

15 June 2019 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6699489

31 May 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6699609

21 November 2017 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6310696

20 September 2017 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6270779

18 September 2017 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6266656

14 September 2017 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6266665

7 February 2017 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6083954

Deficiency record · 4

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull - cracking

Issued 17 March 2021 Resolved

The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regulation to ensure that the ship in all respects will remain fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons onboard. PSCO was notified that the vessel was taking on water through the engine room bilge tank due to a potential crack in the hull. Upon boarding the vessel, PSCO confirmed excessive water of unknown quantity throughout the bilge. PSCO requests vessel identifies the causative factors of the water ingress to the bilge tank. Upon determination vessel shall implement repairs to ensure seaworthiness of the vessel. Vessel shall not conduct cargo operations and bunkering until the repairs have been conducted to the satisfaction of class and Coast Guard. 74SOLAS(20) I/11

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 21 March 2021
Resolution: Made required repairs to the hole in the hull on stbd side bottom plating of bilge tank under the sounding pipe, as well as repairs to the hole in the wall plate between aft bilge well and bilge tank. USCG was present for final Dye Pen test of hull repair

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes

Issued 29 June 2019 Resolved

04102 - Other(clearly hazardous) - The arrangement of sea connectors, fire pumps and their sources of power shall be such as to ensure that if a fire in any compartment could put all the pumps out of action, there shall be an alternate consisting of an emergency fire pump complying with the provisions of the fire safety systems code. The ship's emergency fire pump is inoperable. 74 SOLAS (14) II-2/10.2.2.3.1.2 60a

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 2 July 2019
Resolution: Received, reviewed and accepted class report from KR stating the deficiency was rectified. utilize alternative method: connected fresh water line from pressure tank to main tank postive suction

Documentation › Manuals/Policy Documentation › Cargo/Ballast System Instruction Manual

Issued 18 September 2017 Resolved

1110-all cargoes other than solid and liquid bulk cargoes, cargo units and cargo transport units, shall be loaded, stowed and secured throughout the voyage in accordance with the cargo securing manual approved by the administration. Vessel did not have approved cargo securing manual onboard. 74 SOLAS (14) VI/5.6

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 22 November 2017
Resolution: PSC NOLA recieved documentation from Korean Register satisfying the requirement.

Operations/Management › Lifesaving › Op Readiness/Maintenance/Inspection

Issued 18 September 2017 Resolved

0520-during preparation and launching, the survival craft, its launching appliance, and the area of water into which it is to be launched shall be adequately illuminated. Lighting serving the forward survival craft launching & embarkation station was not operational. 74 SOLAS (14)III/16.7

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 20 September 2017
Resolution: Repairs were made to the portable lamp and spare lamps were ordered to prevent single point failure in the future.

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.