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OBSERVATOR

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

OBSERVATOR is a 2012 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections in 2026, along with 4 deficiencies.

Records in 2026. Most recent: inspection, 10 June 2026.

Built: 2012
Last inspected: 10 June 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 2
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

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9553244

D5AT8

1203861

Flag

LIBERIA

Maury page id

psix-1203861

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.

Inspections, by type

Recorded inspections2

…physical examinations2

Years with a record 1 calendar year (2026)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by the kind of activity 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.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it19231 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
56630 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
67694 - Displacement, Metric Ton
32987 - 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 Coast Guard record spans fewer than two calendar years. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 2

10 June 2026 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8397667

28 April 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8351782

Deficiency record · 4

15 - Safety Management Systems (ISM) › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of the ship and equipment

Issued 28 April 2026 Resolved

The company should establish procedures, plans, and instructioins, including checklists, as appropriate, for key shipboard operations concerning the safety of the personnel, ship, and protection of the environment. The various tasks should be defined and assigned to qualified personnel. The operational nature of deficiency 02 provided objective evidence of failure of the implementation of the ISM code. An internal audit report satisfavtory to the OCMI must be submitted within 90 days. 74 SOLAS (CONS) IX/3; ISM Code 7. 705 other (90 day internal audit) a/c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 27 July 2026
Resolved 10 June 2026
Resolution: PSC NOLA received a class report from LR satisfying the requirement.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation

Issued 28 April 2026 Resolved

...Fire protection systems and fire-fighting systems and appliances shall bemaintained ready for use. PSCO observed 06 cotter pins placed in CO2 cylinder valves. 74 SOLAS (CONS) II-2/14.1.1. 40 a/c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 28 April 2026
Resolved 10 June 2026
Resolution: PSC NOLA received a class report from LR satisfying the requirement.

14 - Pollution Prevention › 146 - MARPOL Annex VI › Incinerator incl. operations and operating manual

Issued 28 April 2026 Resolved

The equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of this annex...PSCO observed refractiry seperating from the incinerator wall. Deficiency must be rectified prior to next use of the incinerator. MARPOL VI/5.5. 50 a/c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 28 May 2026
Resolved 10 June 2026
Resolution: PSC NOLA received a class report from LR satisfying the requirement.

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Rudder angle indicator

Issued 28 April 2026 Resolved

...The ship's steering gear shall be checked and tested by the ship's crew. The rest procedures shall include, where applicable, the operation of the following: ...the rudder angle indicators in relation to the actual position of the rudder. PSCO observed indicators in brudge and steering gear room were off up to 03 degrees. 74 SOLAS (CONS) V/26.1.6. 50 a/c

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.