MARACAIBO

Tank Ship · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

MARACAIBO is a 2008 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 26 inspections since 2016, most recently in May 2026, along with 7 deficiencies and 5 operational controls.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 4 May 2026.

Built: 2008
Last inspected: 4 May 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 26
Deficiencies: 7 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 4 May 2026

Recorded inspections26

…physical examinations12

…administrative events9

…with no type recorded5

Deficiencies 7 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2016–2026)

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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9441154

V7QQ9

998671

Flag

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Maury page id

psix-998671

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it89321 - Displacement, Metric Ton
73662 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
42010 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
22454 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
42010 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
22454 - 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

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

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.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 1

The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.

ABC-I Freight Ship · MISLE 44200 · 22 December 2023 · activity 7857971

Inspection history · 26

4 May 2026 PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8351798

1 May 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8359088

22 April 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8353961

19 April 2026 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8352175

17 March 2026 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8327278

10 March 2026 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8324089

15 May 2025 PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Annual

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8136669

16 April 2024 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7891643

22 December 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7857971

2 May 2023 COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7676850

9 November 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7592155

3 July 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7493974

18 April 2022 PSC B · Ballast Water Examination · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Physical examination · U.S. COAST GUARD FORCES MICRONESIA/SECTOR GUAM · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7429913

2 January 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7118598

2 January 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7118623

25 March 2020 Deficiency Check · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6929914

13 August 2018 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · COC-CHEM & TVE Annual

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6506225

11 March 2018 COE-Dockside

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6369656

24 January 2018 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6342877

25 July 2017 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6208810

22 December 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6061106

21 December 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6075323

29 November 2016 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6049456

15 October 2016 ISPS II Exam · COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · COE-Offshore · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6022581

26 June 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Port Aransas · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5920686

23 June 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5916412

Deficiency record · 7

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Immersion suits

Issued 16 April 2024 Resolved

At all Times during the voyage, all life appliance shall be in workng order and ready for immediate use. Coast guard inspectors found 02 immersion suits in the engine control room and 02 immersion suits in the bosun hole that had wasted zipper seals.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 16 April 2024
Resolved 16 April 2024
Resolution: The ship has extra immersion suits and replaced with the new immersion suits. Ship will also notify the company to order new immersion suits for replacing their back ups.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 13 August 2018 Resolved

13199- Other (machinery)-Piping shall be of a design and construction adequate for the service for which they are intended and shall be so installed and protected as to minimize any danger to persons on board, due regard being paid to tother hazards. PSCO observed #1 SSG raw water intake expansion valve deformed and appears to be compromised. SOLAS 74 a 2004 Cons. II-1/26.1 40a

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 25 March 2020
Resolution: Vessel has gone through drydock period rectifying outstanding deficiencies.

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Cargo transfer - Tankers

Issued 13 August 2018 Resolved

06106- Cargo transfer - Tankers- Every steam pipe and every fitting connecged thereto through which steam may pass shall be so designed, constructed, and installed as to withstand the maximum working stresses to which it may be subject. PSCO observed a steam leak IWO #1 steam turbine intake line. SOLAS 74 a 2004 Cons. II-1/33.1 40a

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 25 March 2020
Resolution: Vessel has gone through drydock period rectifying outstanding deficiencies.

14 - Pollution Prevention › 144 - MARPOL Annex IV (Not Applicable to PSC Exams conducted in the U.S.) › Sewage treatment plant

Issued 13 August 2018 Resolved

14402- Sewage treatment plant- A holding tank of the capacity to the satisfaction of the Administration for the retention of all sewage having regard to the operation of the ship and number of persons onboard. PSCO observed sewage holding tank top is wasted. 33 CFR 159.7 40a

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

Issued 13 August 2018 Resolved

11101- Lifeboats- Before the ship leaves port and at all times during the voyage, all lifesaving appliances shall be in working order and ready for immediate use. Vessels STBD lifeboat secondary means of start failed. SOLAS 74 a 2004 Cons. III/20.2 10c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 13 August 2018
Resolution: Crew charged second battery bank, and demonstrated sat start.

Documentation › Manuals/Policy Documentation › Procedures and Arrangements Manual (NLS)

Issued 25 July 2017 Resolved

P & A manual does not bridge tank cleaning or handling requirements to publications the company is using for carriage of cargoes listed on the COF. Request class review and amend P&A manual accordingly to reflect this guidance. Marpol Annex II/14.2

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 24 January 2018
Resolution: PSC NOLA received a class report from DNV-GL satisfying the requirement.

Deck/Cargo › Holds/Tanks › Fixed Gas Detection

Issued 15 October 2016 Resolved

1899- 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 with out danger to the ship or persons. PSCO observed ballast tank fixed gas sampling system inoperable showing flow failure. 74a (14) I/11(a) 16a

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 29 October 2016
Resolved 29 November 2016
Resolution: Received Satisfactory Classification Society Report attesting to repairs of gas sampling system.

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.