BBC SAPPHIRE

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

BBC SAPPHIRE is a 2008 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 2014, most recently in January 2026, along with 4 deficiencies and 3 operational controls.

Records from 2014 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 19 January 2026.

Built: 2008
Last inspected: 19 January 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 18
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9504798 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

V2FZ4

MISLE id

1225589

Flag

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-1225589

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations8

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded4

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2014–2026)

The 18 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 it22990 - Displacement, Metric Ton
12838 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
14848 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
12838 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
5968 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
5968 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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 · 18

19 January 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8296182

11 December 2023 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7837451

5 March 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7150767

18 February 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7142498

1 July 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6992356

16 June 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6978299

8 May 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6950601

26 April 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6943976

26 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6795385

18 March 2019 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6637078

16 July 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6477856

14 July 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6478611

24 November 2017 ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6309514

27 July 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6222181

12 December 2016 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6055842

19 August 2016 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5972264

4 March 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5826988

21 August 2014 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4961632

Deficiency record · 4

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Manning specified by the minimum safe manning doc

Issued 8 May 2020 Resolved

Contracting Governments undertake, each for its national ships, to maintain, measures for the purpose of ensuring that, from the point of view of safety of life at sea, all ships shall be sufficiently and efficiently manned. Chief Engineer is currently quarantined and confined to quarters, awaiting a test and results for COVID19. Chief Engineer unable to fully perform duties and responsibilities. 74 SOLAS (2014 Cons.) V/14.1 - 60 b/c

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 8 May 2020
Resolved 12 May 2020
Resolution: Received attestation from BBC SAPPHIRE Master confirming Chief Engineer was healthy and capable of performing required duties and responsibilities.

Fire Fighting › Fixed CO2 Fire Extinguishing System › Piping

Issued 19 August 2016 Resolved

0725-Fixed fire extinguishing installation-The piping for distribution of fire extinguishing medium shall be arranged and discharge nozzles so positioned that a uniform distribution of the medium is obtained. PSCO observed flexible hoses installed on fixed CO2 system stretched and kinked restricting distribution of agent. 74SOLAS(14)II-2/10.4.1.1.1 FSS 5.2.1.2.1

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 19 August 2016
Resolved 20 August 2016
Resolution: DNVGL Class Surveyor attended vessel and verified that all CO2 bottles were arranged properly and issued Class Report.

Fire Fighting › Structural - A Class Divisions › Doors

Issued 19 August 2016 Resolved

0710-Fire prevention-Dooors required to be self-closing shall not be fitted with hold back hooks. PSCO observed hold back hooks on Class A fire boundary doors. 74SOLAS(14)II-2/9.4.2.2

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 19 August 2016
Resolved 19 August 2016
Resolution: PSCO observed the removal of all hold back hooks from Class A fire doors.

Fire Fighting › International Shore Connection › Washers

Issued 19 August 2016 Resolved

0799-Other (fire-fighting equipment)-The international shore connection shall be kept on board the ship together with a gasket, four bolts, and eight washers. PSCO observed international shore connections only had 4 washers. 74SOLAS(14)II-2/10.2.1.7.1 FSS 2.2.2

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 19 August 2016
Resolved 19 August 2016
Resolution: PSCO observed all 08 washers for each of International Shore Connections.

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.