MESSINIAN SPIRE

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

MESSINIAN SPIRE is a 2008 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 2008, most recently in March 2026, along with 1 deficiency.

Records from 2008 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 9 March 2026.

Built: 2008
Last inspected: 9 March 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 8
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9339442 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

VRDY6

MISLE id

983701

Flag

BAHAMAS, THE

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-983701

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations5

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded1

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

The 8 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 Bulk Carrier class in Maury's sources begin in 1981.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it18504 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
56056 - Dead Weight, Ton
64557 - Displacement, Ton
31258 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross 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.

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. Reports.

Inspection history · 8

9 March 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8322877

4 March 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8319949

25 June 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7937754

11 October 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7575182

1 April 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6928545

22 August 2018 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6520210

9 October 2014 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4999920

30 September 2008 Ballast Water Examination · MARPOL Annex V Examination · MARPOL Annex I Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3328926

Deficiency record · 1

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifeboats

Issued 1 September 2018 Resolved

Before the ship leaves port and at all times during the voyage all lifesaving appliances shall be working order and ready for immediate use. The port side lifeboat was unable to properly lower due to cable issues. Lifeboats recieved 5 year renewal service & test on 07AUG2018. Captain was unable to lower to waterline at anchorage due tp U.S.Customs and Border Patrol. Vessel must provide class documentation to the proper operations of starboard and port lifeboats.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 2 September 2018
Resolved 4 September 2018
Resolution: Received and verified class report attesting to repairs to the port side lifeboat launching appliance

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.