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OBSERVATOR
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 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
Identity
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1203861
Flag
LIBERIA
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Maury page id
psix-1203861
Inspections, by type
Years with a record
1 calendar year (2026)
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.
Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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 1981.
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
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 September 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.
Radio station licence
No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of
6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.
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. Reports.
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
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
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
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.