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VEGA MARS

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

VEGA MARS is a freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2017, most recently in September 2018, along with 14 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 2017 to 2018. Most recent: inspection, 29 September 2018.

Built
Not recorded
Last inspected
29 September 2018
Documentation
Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
2
Deficiencies
14 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.
—
IMO number
9497438
Call sign
A8UN8
MISLE id
1133369
Flag
LIBERIA
Maury page id
psix-1133369

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations2
Years with a record 2 calendar years (2017–2018)
The 2 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 8 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it19994 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
31728 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
40211 - Displacement, Metric Ton
10883 - 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.

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. Reports.

Inspection history · 2

29 September 2018 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6549922
30 January 2017 Ballast Water Examination · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam
Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6074102

Deficiency record · 14

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Oily Mixture Discharge Fixed Piping System
Issued 1 February 2017 Resolved
2110-Oil residue may be disposed of directly from the oil residue tanks through the standard discharge connections or any other approved means. Sludge was transferred from F.O. tank to LSHFO tank. Sludge mixture was then used to fuel aux boiler. There are no procedures in place for this action nor is this action approved by the certificate issuing authority.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 5 February 2017
Operations/Management › Ballast Water Managment › Mandatory Practices
Issued 1 February 2017 Resolved
The master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of a vessel equipped with ballast tanks must employ one of the ballast water management methods listed. Vessel has not employed one of the ballast water management methods listed in 33CFR151.2025(a).
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 29 September 2018
Operations/Management › Ballast Water Managment › Ballast Retention
Issued 1 February 2017 Resolved
To discharge ballast water into waters of the U.S., the master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of a vessel subject to 33CFR151.2025 must ensure the ballast water meets the discharge standard, use an AMS, or ballast with water from a U.S. public water system. Vessel discharged ballast water in Puget Sound without ensuring ballast water meets the standard.
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 29 September 2018
Fire Fighting › Fixed Pressure Water-Spraying Fire Extinguishing System › Pressure
Issued 1 February 2017 Resolved
Machinery spaces of Category A above 500 cubic meters in volume shall, in addition to the fixed fire-extinguishing system required in paragraph 5.1.1., be protected by an approved type of fixed water-based or equivalent local application fire extinguishing system. Vessels water mist-extinguishing system was inoperable.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 5 February 2017
Operations/Management › Ballast Water Managment › Mandatory Practices
Issued 1 February 2017 Resolved
Maintain a ballast water management plan that has been developed specifically for the vessel. Crew has not been following their ballast water management plan. The vessel has been only approved to do the sequential method as the only method of ballast water exchange. Crew has been doing the flow through method since 23SEPT16.
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 29 September 2018
Operations/Management › Drills/Instruction › Fire
Issued 30 January 2017 Resolved
2020-Fire Drill-A ship when in port of another government is subject to control by officers duly authorized by such government concerning operational requirements in respect of the safety of ships, when there are clear grounds for believing that the master or crew are not familiar with essentail shipboard procedures relating to the safety of ships. Ship's crew was not proficient with fire drills.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 8 February 2017
Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Oily Water Separator (15 ppm)
Issued 30 January 2017 Resolved
1740-Oil Record Book contained different history than that of the Oil Content Meter for dates 18JAN17, 04DEC16, 02DEC16, and 01DEC16. OCM was missing 08 entries for a total of 17 hours of unaccounted use. Filtering equipment failed to bring and maintain effluent below 15 ppm.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 30 January 2017
Electrical › Electric Generation Source (emergency) › Power Requirement
Issued 30 January 2017 Resolved
1430-Where emergency source of electrical power is a generator, it shall be started automatically upon failure of main electrical source of power. Automatic starting arrangements for emergency generator was inoperative.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 30 January 2017
Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Oily Residue (sludge/slop) Tank
Issued 30 January 2017 Resolved
0150-After any survey of the ship under the MARPOL regulations has been completed, no change shall be made in the structure, equipment, systems, etc. without sanction of the Administration. Vessel was fitted with a bilge water holding tank used to retain oily bilge water that was not recorded on the IOPP.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 5 February 2017
Documentation › Logs/Records › Oil Record Book
Issued 30 January 2017 Resolved
Each operation described in the regulations of MARPOL shall be fully recorded without delay in the Oil Record Book Part I. Soundings for the sludge tanks which are required weekly were last recorded on 21JAN17.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 5 February 2017
Lifesaving › Lifeboat Equipment › Instructions (engine start/operation)
Issued 30 January 2017 Resolved
3090-Posters or signs shall be provided on or in the vicinity of the survival craft and their launching controls and shall illustrate the purpose of controls and the procedures for s operating. Vessel was missing operating instructions for the lifeboat.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 8 February 2017
Navigation › Piloting/Steering › Steering Magnetic Compass
Issued 30 January 2017 Resolved
1581-The angular position of the rudder shall be recognizable in the steering gear compartment. The rudder angle indicator repeater in the steering gear room has a three degree difference from the bridge.
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 29 September 2018
Navigation › Piloting/Steering › Advance/Transfer
Issued 30 January 2017 Resolved
1541-Operating instructions witha block diagram showing the change over procedures for remote steering gear control systems shall be permanently displayed on the navigation bridge and in the steering compartment. Instructions with a block diagram were missing on the bridge.
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 8 February 2017
Operations/Management › Pollution › Changeover Not Completed Prior to ECA
Issued 30 January 2017 Resolved
3420-While ships are operating within an Emission Control Area, the sulphur content of fuel oil used onboard ships shall not exceed .1% m/m. Vessel continued to utilize high sulphur fuel oil at pier side after procuring compliant low sulphur fuel oil.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 30 January 2017

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.