MSC SHEFFIELD III

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

MSC SHEFFIELD III is a 2003 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2008, most recently in July 2026, along with 3 deficiencies and 5 operational controls.

Records from 2008 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 28 July 2026.

Built: 2003
Last inspected: 28 July 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9275024 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

A8DG6

MISLE id

967642

Flag

LIBERIA

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-967642

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations8

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded7

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2008–2026)

The 16 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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 1980.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it26833 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
12743 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
34315 - Dead Weight, Ton
45747 - Displacement, Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 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.

Radio station licence

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

Inspection history · 16

28 July 2026 Administrative Inspection · PSC A

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8449044

18 September 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7561210

16 September 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7560639

13 September 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7311072

27 June 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7236760

10 March 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Santa Barbara · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7150464

17 September 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7062296

14 August 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7032999

11 August 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7029889

27 July 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7017198

22 July 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7013013

28 April 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6944904

11 February 2018 NPV Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6353244

10 February 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6352955

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

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6330581

19 July 2008 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector San Juan · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3272382

Deficiency record · 3

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifeboat inventory

Issued 28 July 2026 Resolved

74 SOLAS (2011) 31.1.1, LSA Code 4.4.8.12; Except where otherwise stated, normal equipment of every lifeboat shall consist of a food ration... these rations shall be kept in airtight packaging and be stowed in a watertight container. Over half the rations in both lifeboats had small holes allowing air into packaging. Crew replaced with spares.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 2 August 2026
Resolved 2 August 2026
Resolution: Crew replaced spoiled rations with adequate number of intact rations prior to team departure. Cleared def.

Pollution Prevention/Response › Response Equipment › Sorbents

Issued 11 February 2018 Resolved

Every Ship other than an oil tanker of 400 gross tons and above shall carry on board a shipboard oil pollution emergency plan approved by the administration. Vessel does not have listed SOPEP equipment per their approved plan. MARPOL I/37.1

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 11 February 2018
Resolved 11 February 2018
Resolution: Received class report verifying equipment receieved (see documents in this activity).

Operations/Management › Vessel Safety Management › Maintenance of Ship/Equipment

Issued 11 February 2018 Resolved

The ship shall comply with the requirements of the international safety management code. The company should establish procedures, plans, and instructions including checklists for key shipboard operaions. Vessel does not have procedures for sludge trap transfers. SOLAS 74 (14) IX/3.1 ISM Code 7

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 11 March 2018
Resolved 29 October 2019

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.