GENIUS STAR IX

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

GENIUS STAR IX is a 2009 public freight. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 2021, most recently in September 2024, along with 3 deficiencies.

Records from 2021 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 4 September 2024.

Built: 2009
Last inspected: 4 September 2024
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 7
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 4 September 2024

Recorded inspections7

…physical examinations4

…administrative events3

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2021–2024)

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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9542867

H9ZC

1051500

Flag

PANAMA

Maury page id

psix-1051500

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it3725 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
16056 - Displacement, Metric Ton
9589 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
12005 - Dead Weight, Metric 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 · 7

4 September 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7995675

10 May 2023 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7682392

7 May 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7682647

3 May 2023 PSC A

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7675149

8 January 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7377210

26 October 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7340322

22 October 2021 Ballast Water Examination · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7337577

Deficiency record · 3

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

Issued 3 May 2023 Resolved

Fire-fighting systems and appliances shall be kept in good working order and readily available for immediate use.PSCO observed failure to obtain suction of emergency fire pump. 74 Solas (20) II-2/14.2.1.2, Rectify defecencies prior to movement, 60ac

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 3 May 2023
Resolved 10 May 2023
Resolution: VSL received the necessary parts, the crew overhauled the emergency fire pump replacing the worn impeller, shaft, O-Rings, bolts, etc. The emergency fire pump has been tested in operation found satisfactory.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions

Issued 22 October 2021 Resolved

Doors required to be self-closing shall not be fitted with hold back hooks. However, hold-back arranngements of the fail-safe type may be utilized. [name withheld] found hold backs holding open 02 doors to A-60 boundaires in the engine room. hold backs were removed by the crew.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 22 October 2021
Resolved 22 October 2021
Resolution: Hold backs were removed after they were brought to the crew's attention.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 22 October 2021 Resolved

Electrical installations shall be such that the safety of passengers, crew and ship, from electrical hazard. will be ensured. PSCO observed exposed wiring in the following locations: emergency fire pump, primary fire pump, bilge and ballast pump, F.O. settling tank, junction box, and loal generator controls.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Due 29 October 2021
Resolved 26 October 2021
Resolution: Vessel provided NKK class report stating all exposed wiring has been fixed.

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.