GEM TOPAZ

Tank Ship · Built 2010s · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW)

GEM TOPAZ is a 2013 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 2016, most recently in May 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 3 operational controls.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 23 May 2025.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 23 May 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

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9645762

V7BC9

1251247

Flag

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Maury page id

psix-1251247

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations8

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2016–2025)

The 14 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 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Tank Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it13483 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
49990 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
60449 - Displacement, Metric Ton
29715 - 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.

One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.

Inspection history · 14

23 May 2025 PSC B · COC-CHEM Renew

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8142231

20 November 2023 PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7827439

14 July 2022 COC-CHEM Annual

Type not classified · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7502221

11 January 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7378345

27 October 2021 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7340707

13 July 2021 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector San Juan · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7241487

14 May 2020 COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6952017

3 March 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6919874

21 February 2020 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector San Juan · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6910824

15 May 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6685139

14 May 2019 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6680296

3 December 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6317092

14 November 2017 ISPS II Exam · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6304050

11 October 2016 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · COC-CHEM & TVE Annual

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6018447

Deficiency record · 1

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances

Issued 13 July 2021 Resolved

Fire fighting systems and appliances shall be kept in good working order and readily available for immediate use. 03 fire hoses failed after being pressurized during the fire drill. 74 SOLAS (2014) Ch. II-2 Reg 14.2.1.2

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 13 July 2021
Resolution: The vessel removed the hoses that failed and had a sufficient number of spares on board to replace them.

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.