MERKUR ARCHIPELAGO

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

MERKUR ARCHIPELAGO is a 2009 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2014, most recently in December 2024, along with 6 deficiencies and 6 operational controls.

Records from 2014 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 9 December 2024.

Built: 2009
Last inspected: 9 December 2024
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9456977 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

A8UC5

MISLE id

1223578

Flag

LIBERIA

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-1223578

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations9

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded5

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2014–2024)

The 17 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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it41331 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
53354 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
70107 - Displacement, Metric Ton
24265 - Convention (Subpart B), Net 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.

Inspection history · 17

9 December 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8043613

5 December 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8043696

8 June 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7471955

2 June 2022 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7461046

17 March 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7403113

20 July 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7010962

13 January 2019 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6606695

8 January 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6607418

27 December 2017 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6329269

18 September 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5722771

14 September 2015 PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5717678

13 September 2015 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5725867

27 March 2014 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4824422

11 March 2014 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4814184

10 March 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4813112

7 March 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4812178

2 March 2014 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4808549

Deficiency record · 6

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency source of power - Emergency generator

Issued 9 December 2024 Resolved

A SECOND SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR THE EMERGENCY GENERATOR SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE STARTS WITHIN 30 MIN UNLESS MANUAL STARTING CAN BE DEMONSTRATED AS EFFECTIVE. PSCO OBSERVED THE SECONDARY MEANS OF STARTING (HYDRAULIC) TO BE INOPERABLE. CITE:74 SOLAS (20) II-1/44.2.1 ACTION TAKEN: 10c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 9 December 2024
Resolution: CORRECTED ON THE SPOT

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

Issued 17 March 2022 Resolved

PSCO observed 02 incorrect entries in the oil record book. On 10FEB2022, entry showed incorrect amount of water through the OWS. On 14FEB22, entry was incomplete due to missing method of discharge. OWS not match ORB. Marpol 73/78 (2011 Cons. ED) Annex I/Reg 17.4 Code: 40AC

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 2 June 2022
Resolution: PSC team attended vessel, ensured missing/incorrect entry was inputted as well as verify all entries post last exam date were corect as well and ifnormed C/E of guidance found in MEPC.1 736

Engineering › Diesel Engine (propulsion-reduction gear) › Distributor (air start)

Issued 13 September 2015 Resolved

1410-Under all sailing condition including maneuvering, the speed direction of thrust and, if applicable the pitch of the propeller shall be fully controllable from the navigation bridge. While maneuvering, bridge gave an engine order of dead slow astern, the engine did not respond. 17ac 74SOLAS(09) II-1/49.1

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 13 September 2015
Resolved 14 September 2015
Resolution: recieved class report attesting to repairs.

Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Radar

Issued 27 March 2014 Resolved

Received Letter of Deviation request from vessel due to failure of secondary marine radar system.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 30 March 2014
Resolved 30 March 2014
Resolution: Received tech report attesting to the repair and proper operation of the secondary marine radar.

Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA)

Issued 11 March 2014 Resolved

The vessel's S-BAND ARPA was reported not operational.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 11 March 2014
Resolved 13 March 2014
Resolution: Received Technician report from Electro-Tech, Inc. that TX-HV board was replaced and unit worked properly.

Engineering › Diesel Engine (auxiliary) › Injector (fuel injection)

Issued 2 March 2014 Resolved

001 1430 A self-contained emergency source of power shall be provided. The vessel's emergencey generator is inoperable. SOLAS (2009 Cons) CH II-1 Reg 43 1.1 (17ac)

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 8 March 2014
Resolution: Repairs were made and vessel is operational.

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.