BBC CHALLENGER

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

BBC CHALLENGER is a 2008 public freight. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2017, most recently in April 2026, along with 5 deficiencies — 1 with no resolution recorded — and 5 operational controls, 2 with no removal date recorded.

Records from 2017 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 13 April 2026.

Built: 2008
Last inspected: 13 April 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 5 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution
Controls: 2 with no removal date recorded

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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 13 April 2026

Recorded inspections17

…physical examinations12

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 5 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution

…past their stated due date1

Operational controls 2 with no removal date recorded

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2017–2026)

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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9369095

V2FB8

990003

Flag

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Maury page id

psix-990003

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it7878 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
15101 - Displacement, Metric Ton
11121 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
3909 - 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

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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 · 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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Inspection history · 17

13 April 2026 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8347231

15 October 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8253157

19 April 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8115319

20 February 2025 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8082095

11 February 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8072868

6 August 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Duluth · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7972523

14 March 2023 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector San Juan · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7647531

23 July 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7514977

19 June 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7229380

13 March 2019 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6641682

11 March 2019 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6639266

27 February 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6633547

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

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6521673

4 May 2018 COE-Dockside

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6403134

28 April 2018 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6406014

5 July 2017 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6185921

3 July 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6195667

Deficiency record · 5

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Speed and distance indicator

Issued 20 February 2025 No resolution recorded

All ships of 300 gross tonnage and upwards shall, in addition to meeting the requirements of paragraph 2.2, be fitted with a speed and distance measuring device, or other means, to indicate speed and distance through the water. Vessel's speed log is inoperable. SOLAS(20) V/19.2.3.4

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 20 February 2025 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
Resolution: Replacement of transducer for speed log will be done next drydock, June 2026. Flag letter states ship may sail with inoperable speed log following adhering to certain provisions.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)

Issued 11 March 2019 Resolved

ICLL (88 Prot.) Reg. 25(2) ICLL (88 Prot.) Reg. 25(3) Efficient guard rails or bulwarks shall be fitted to all exposed parts of the freeboard and superstructure decks. The openings below the lowest course of the guard rails shall not exceed 230mm. The other courses shall not be more than 380mm apart. While conducting the deck walk, PSCO discovered two missing bottom guard rails, at frames #45 port side and frame #130 starboard. Additionally PSCO discovered 03 damaged guard rails at frame #76 bottom rail port side, frame #74 middle rail port side, and frame #61 bottom rail starboard side.

Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Due 11 March 2019
Resolved 23 March 2019
Resolution: Crew members repaired bottom guard rails.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ready availability of fire fighting equipment

Issued 26 August 2018 Resolved

07108 - Ready availability of fire fighting equipment - Fire protection systems and fire-fighting systems and appliances shall be maintained ready for use. PSCO observed a cap covering the hyper-mist nozzle above the boiler. Upon removal of the cap, PSCO observed water dripping from the nozzle. SOLAS 74 (2009 Cons.) II-2/14.1.1; 17a

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 26 August 2018
Resolved 28 August 2018
Resolution: PSC NOLA received a class report from Lloyd's Register satisfying the requirement.

14 - Pollution Prevention › 141 - MARPOL Annex I › Oil discharge monitoring and control system

Issued 26 August 2018 Resolved

14107 - Oil discharge monitoring and control system - Oil filtering equipment shall be of a design approved by the Administration. Per MEPC. 107(49), ship staff training shall include familiarization in the operation and maintenance of the equipment. PSCO observed that C/E was unable to demonstrate ability to recall OCM history for overboard discharge. MARPOL I/14.6; MEPC.107(49); 50a.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 26 September 2018
Resolved 28 August 2018
Resolution: PSC NOLA received a class report from Lloyd's Register satisfying the requirement.

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 26 August 2018 Resolved

99101 - Other (Safety in general) - No person may use any equipment listed in paragraph (c) of this section for transfer operations unless the vessel operator, as appropriate, tests and inspects in accordance with the paragraph. C/E could not produce annual bunker line test records. Rectify deficiency prior to bunker operations in the United States. 33 CFR 156.170; 15c

Action required: 703 - Prior to bunkering operations
Due 26 September 2018
Resolved 28 August 2018
Resolution: PSC NOLA received proper documentation satisfying the requirement.

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.