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BBC TOPAZ
BBC TOPAZ is a 2010 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2017, most recently in October 2024, along with 8 deficiencies and 2 operational controls.
Records from 2017 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 15 October 2024.
- Built
- 2010
- Last inspected
- 15 October 2024
- Documentation
- Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
- 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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.
Inspection record
Last inspected
15 October 2024
…with no type recorded1
Deficiencies
8 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
7 calendar years (2017–2024)
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
9506734
V2FF8
1103919
Flag
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Maury page id
psix-1103919
Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it12810 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
5938 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
14360 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
22996 - Displacement, Metric Ton
5938 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
14360 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
22996 - Displacement, 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
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.
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Inspection history · 13
15 October 2024
PSC B
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8011674
1 October 2024
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8012617
4 January 2023
PSC B
Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7615878
11 June 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7474356
11 March 2021
PSC B
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7154101
6 March 2021
COE-Administrative
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7151356
22 February 2021
Deficiency Check · PSC B
Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7144034
15 August 2019
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6784062
21 July 2019
ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination
Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6756119
23 November 2018
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6585584
12 June 2018
ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6441104
9 June 2018
COE-Administrative
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6439035
12 June 2017
Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6166070
Deficiency record · 8
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Navigation bridge visibility
Issued 4 January 2023
Resolved
From the main steering psoition, the horizontal field of vision shall extend over an arc from right ahead to atleast 60 degrees on each side of the ship. Center Staboard bridge window pane is cracked on both internal and external sides, obstructing full arc of visibility.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches
Issued 24 February 2021
Resolved
Arrangements of the emergency lighting system shall be that a fire or other casualty in spaces containing the emergency source of electrical power.
PSCO observed three lights to be inoperable.
SOLAS (04) II-1/41.2.1
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 24 February 2021
Resolved
In spaces where penetration of oil products is possible, the surface of the insulation shall be impervious to oil or oil vapors.
PSCE discovered numerous oil system lagging soak with fluids.
SOLAS (04) II-2/4.4.3, 16ac
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Oil accumulation in engine room
Issued 24 February 2021
Resolved
Purpose of this regulation is to prevent the ignition of combustible materials or flammable liquids. for the purpose, the following functional requirements shall met: the ignitability of combustible materials shall be restricted.
During the deck and engine exam, noticed excessive collections of oils.
SOLAS (04) II-2/4.1.3, 16ac
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Scuppers, inlets and discharges
Issued 24 February 2021
Resolved
The conditions of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regulations to ensure that the ship in all respects will remain fit to proceed to seas without danger to the ship or persons on board.
PSCO found one wooden plug in the ballast water tank sounding tube instead of actual mechanical metal plug.
SOLAS (14) I/11 (a)
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 24 February 2021
Resolved
One of the portable fire extinguishers intended for use in any space shall be stowed near the entrance to that space.
Portable fire extinguisher mount broken in paint locker.
SOLAS (14) II-2/10.3.2.2, 16 ac
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Rescue boats
Issued 24 February 2021
Resolved
Rescue boat shall be stowed in a state of continuous readiness for launching in not more than 5 minutes.
PSCE found rescue boat deck plug clogged holding approximately 10 gallons of water in the vessel.
14 - Pollution Prevention › 141 - MARPOL Annex I › Oil discharge monitoring and control system
Issued 21 July 2019
Resolved
Any Discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixtures from ships of 400 gross tonnage and above shall be prohibeted except when all the following conditions are satisfied; The oil content of effluent without dilution does not exceed 15ppm. Oil content meter did not indicate PPMs below 16ppm. - Vessel to have class come out and verify proper operation of oil content meter. MARPOL Reg 15/2.3. *PSCO's noted a deficency that was corrected prior to the inspection teams departure. /s/ [name withheld]
Ownership record
The Coast Guard's documentation record for this hull -- the Abstract of Title,
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