GRAND SAPPHIRE

Freight Ship · Ro-Ro Cargo Ship class · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW)

GRAND SAPPHIRE is a freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2016, most recently in April 2026, along with 8 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 1 April 2026.

Built: Not recorded
Last inspected: 1 April 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 8 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 Ro-Ro Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 1 April 2026

Recorded inspections17

…physical examinations14

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 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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9325233

3EJH

1102041

Flag

PANAMA

Maury page id

psix-1102041

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it18099 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
35002 - Displacement, Metric Ton
59217 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
17766 - 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

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 · 17

1 April 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8338787

16 March 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8327119

8 October 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8248755

7 April 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Santa Barbara · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8105150

6 December 2023 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7834320

7 June 2023 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7697136

21 September 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7562586

14 May 2022 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7450431

20 April 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7431605

27 April 2021 PSC B · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7183394

27 April 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7184129

28 September 2019 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector San Juan · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6820489

27 October 2017 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6293252

23 October 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6293466

2 May 2016 Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5867452

28 April 2016 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5858617

25 January 2016 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector San Juan · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5799643

Deficiency record · 8

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

Issued 20 April 2022 Resolved

Means shall be provided to control leaks of flammable liquids. PSC Examiner witnessed oil and oily rag inside interior base of the #2 fuel oil circulation pump. 74 SOLAS (20)Chap II-2 Reg 1.1

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 4 May 2022
Resolved 13 May 2022
Resolution: Overhaul completed on No.2 fuel circulating pump. Class survey complete.

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

Issued 20 April 2022 Resolved

After any survey of the ship, under regs 7,8,9 or 10 has been completed, no change shall be made in the structural arrangements of the machinary equipment and other items covered by the survey without the sanction of the administration. PSC Examiner observeredrachet straps on the fuel oil circulator viscosity pump and the fuel oil purifier piping adjacent to the control panel. 74 SOLAS (20)Chap 1 Reg 11/B

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 4 May 2022
Resolved 13 May 2022
Resolution: Straps removed, approval conducted through class survey.

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

Issued 20 April 2022 Resolved

After any survey of the ship, under regs 7,8,9 or 10 has been completed, no change shall be made in the structural arrangements of the machinary equipment and other items covered by the survey without the sanction of the administration. PSC Examiner observed added ducting above 02 generators. 74 SOLAS (20) Chap 1 11/B

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 4 May 2022
Resolved 13 May 2022
Resolution: Air ducts removed, class survey attests that enough ventilating air is supplying No.1,2&3 generators.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general

Issued 27 April 2021 Resolved

Electrical installations shall be such that the safety of passengers, crew, and ship from electrical hazards will be ensured. PSCO observed multiple power cords were connected to each other coming from one outlet on the bridge. 74 SOLAS (04) II-1/40.1.3

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 9 June 2021

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Oil accumulation in engine room

Issued 27 April 2021 Resolved

The machinery, and associated piping systems and fitting shall be of 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. The design shall have regard to materials used in construction, the purpose for which the equipment is intended, the working conditions to which it will be subjected and environmental conditions on bard. PSCO observed excessive LSMGO accumulation around the No. 7 M/E cylinder fuel pump. 74 SOLAS (04) II-1/26.1

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 9 June 2021

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › International Oil Pollution Prevention (IOPP)

Issued 27 April 2021 Resolved

Oil residue may be disposed of directly from the oil residue tanks to other acceptable means which shall be annotated in item 3.2 of the supplement to IOPP certificate Form A. PSCO observed multiple entries in the oil record book pt. 1 for evaporation of oil residues from waste oil tanks 1 & 2. IOPP supplement Form A does not list evaporation as an acceptable means of disposal of oil residues. MARPOL I/12.2

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 9 June 2021

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

Issued 28 September 2019 Resolved

An organized system of vehicular and pedestrian traffic control shall be established and maintained at each entrance, exit ramp and on ramps within the vessel as traffic warrants. Stevedores are not following patterns. 29CFR1918.86(a)

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 28 September 2019
Resolved 28 September 2019
Resolution: Ensured that vehicles were following vessel traffic rules and laws

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

Issued 28 September 2019 Resolved

Power driven vehicles used in Ro-Ro operations shall be operated at speeds that are safe for prevailing conditions. Stevedores are creating an unsafe environment onboard.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 28 October 2019
Resolved 28 October 2019
Resolution: Ensured that vehicles were following vessel traffic rules and laws

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.