MSC ARCHIMIDIS VIII

Freight Ship · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE)

MSC ARCHIMIDIS VIII is a 2006 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2016, most recently in May 2026, along with 4 deficiencies and 3 operational controls.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 24 May 2026.

Built: 2006
Last inspected: 24 May 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 4 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 24 May 2026

Recorded inspections17

…physical examinations11

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 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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9315379

5BVZ6

1222672

Flag

CYPRUS

Maury page id

psix-1222672

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it57220 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
108836 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
139625 - Displacement, Metric Ton
89776 - 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

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 · 17

24 May 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8379391

30 March 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8333906

27 March 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8332897

13 July 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7955013

5 July 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7949659

11 January 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7378360

21 August 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7292589

19 May 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7197980

24 June 2020 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6985417

2 June 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6965933

30 September 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6824757

11 August 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6779315

11 August 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6779326

13 May 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6683525

8 August 2018 NPV Safety Exam · ISPS III Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6504862

12 August 2017 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6238186

10 July 2016 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 5935451

Deficiency record · 4

15 - Safety Management Systems (ISM) › N/A - No Subsystem › Reports of non-conf., accidents & hazardous occur.

Issued 5 July 2024 Resolved

The machinery... shall be so installed and protected as to reduce to a minimum any danger to persons on board. During inspection of Emergency Generator, PSCOs observed excess black smoke coming from EGEN exhaust, causing a Carbon Monoxide Alarm reading of 48 ppm. 03 Coast Guard members were exposed and evacuated the space. Provide report from class certifying space is safe with no leaks for the safety of persons on board. 74 SOLAS (04) II-1/26.1

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 6 July 2024
Resolution: Vessel provided class survey report attesting to the operation and safety of the equipment. Report is attached in the documents folder.

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (load lines)

Issued 5 July 2024 Resolved

The ring lines and letters shall be painted in white... they shall also be permanently marked on the sides of ships to the satisfaction of the Administration. The marks shall be plainly visible. During dockside exam of vessel, PSCOs observed Load Line Markings not permanently ,arked. The deckline was also not plainly visible or painted. ICLL 1.8

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 30 March 2026
Resolution: Added correct load line/deck line.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Oil record book

Issued 5 July 2024 Resolved

The Oil Record Book Part 1 shall be completed on each occasion... whenever any of the following machinery space operations take place in ship... bunkering of fuel or bulk lubricating oil. During inspection of ORB Part 1. PSCOs observed 03 missing entries of bunkering operations on 10MAY2024. MARPOL I/17.2

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 5 July 2024
Resolution: PSCOs observed Chief Engineer correct the missing entry.

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Voyage data recorder (VDR)/Simplified Voyage data recorder(S-VDR)

Issued 2 June 2020 Resolved

The administration shall be satisfied that the performance of the equipment by this chapter is maintained. VDR system displayed "DAU" error and displayed as fault. SOLAS 74 (2014 cons.) CH. V/16.1

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 16 June 2020
Resolved 24 June 2020
Resolution: MSU Savannah received proper documentation attesting to the repair of the VDR.

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.