STAR BIANCA

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2000s · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW)

STAR BIANCA is a 2008 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 2018, most recently in August 2026, along with 4 deficiencies.

Records from 2018 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 5 August 2026.

Built: 2008
Last inspected: 5 August 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 4
Deficiencies: 4 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 Bulk Carrier class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 5 August 2026

Recorded inspections4

…physical examinations4

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2018–2026)

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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9370769

ZGGW2

1085353

Flag

CAYMAN ISLANDS

Maury page id

psix-1085353

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it27291 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
82672 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
93780 - Displacement, Metric Ton
43158 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross 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 1 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 · 4

5 August 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8440825

9 August 2019 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6767120

19 September 2018 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6544284

16 July 2018 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6469938

Deficiency record · 4

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)

Issued 5 August 2026 Resolved

The purpose of this regulation is to prevent the ignition of combustible materials or flammable liquids for this purpose, the functional requirements shall be met: … control leaks… limit the accumulation of flammable vapors… ignition sources shall be restricted… ignition sources shall be separated from combustible materials and flammable liquids. PSCO observed approximately 83 5-gallon paint buckets and approximately 52 1-gallon paint thinners are being stored in the steering gear room that is not adequately protected by installed fire-fighting.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 6 August 2026
Resolution: Cleared VIA Class Survey 06AUG26.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Protection machinery

Issued 5 August 2026 Resolved

The machinery…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 reduce to a minimum any danger to persons on board, due regard being paid to moving parts… machine guard missing on prime mover (rotating machinery) on all three generating sets.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 6 August 2026
Resolution: Cleared cia Class survey dated 06AUG26.

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

Issued 5 August 2026 Resolved

Before the ship leaves port and at all times during the voyage, all life-saving appliances shall be in working order and ready for immediate use. 01 Immersion suit was found on bridge with a decent sized hole found in finger webbing. 02 Immersion suits found in Steering Gear Room with lights and whistles detached.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 5 August 2026
Resolution: Fixed on the spot w/ proper attachment of loose items and replacement of damaged suit with an extra suit.

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

Issued 16 July 2018 Resolved

1499-Other (Prop. & Aux. Machinery)-All the steering gear components and rudder stock shall be of sound and reliable construction to the satisfaction of the administration. There is drift on both steering pumps. Pump #1 drifts to port and pump #2 drifts starboard while in local control. SOLAS 74(04) II-I 29.2.1-40ac.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 16 July 2019
Resolved 19 September 2018
Resolution: PSC New Orleans conducted a administrative document check. Received CLASS REPORT issued by NKK, and updated all applicable vessel information.

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.