GENIUS STAR XII

Public Freight · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

GENIUS STAR XII is a 2013 public freight. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 2018, most recently in March 2025, along with 5 deficiencies and 5 operational controls.

Records from 2018 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 27 March 2025.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 27 March 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 5 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 27 March 2025

Recorded inspections14

…physical examinations7

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2018–2025)

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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9644744

3FDB3

1320522

Flag

PANAMA

Maury page id

psix-1320522

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it13078 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
17635 - Displacement, Metric Ton
9996 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
4199 - Convention (Subpart B), Net 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 · 14

27 March 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8100526

18 March 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8095454

9 July 2022 PSC B · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7492293

13 December 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7367351

2 December 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7360823

2 December 2021 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7361020

2 December 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7361218

1 December 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7356691

11 June 2020 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6973706

23 February 2019 ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6630978

15 November 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6581546

14 November 2018 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6577672

14 November 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6580817

12 November 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6579307

Deficiency record · 5

05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Satellite EPIRB 406MHz/1.6GHz

Issued 18 March 2025 Resolved

74 SOLAS (24) IV/7.1.5.3 EVERY SHIP SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH AN EPIRB WHICH SHALL BE CAPABLE OF FLOATING FREE IF SHIP SINKS. PSCO OBSERVED STARBOARD SIDE EPIRB INSTALLED UNDER AWNING. AWNING REMOVED BY SHIPS CREW.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 18 March 2025
Resolution: AWNING REMOVED BY SHIPS CREW.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 14 November 2018 Resolved

1030- Steering Gear Alarm- All the steering gear components and the rudder stock shall be of sound and reliable construction to the satisfaction of the administration. When in local control, during test of vessels emergency steering system, steering gear pumps #1 and #2 experienced solenoid valve failures, indicating a system failure. 74 SOLAS (14) II-1/29.2.1-30abc

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 14 November 2018
Resolved 19 November 2018
Resolution: Vessel agent provided a letter from the steering gear manufacturer that stated the solenoid failure alarm is a system defect and does not indicate a failure within the solenoid. Any time the directional control valve is manipulated prompts a failure alarm

15 - Safety Management Systems (ISM) › N/A - No Subsystem › Shipboard operations

Issued 14 November 2018 Resolved

2500- ISM Related Deficiencies- A ship when in port of another Contracting Government is subject to control by officers duly authorized by such Government concerning operational requirements in respect of the safety of ships, when there are clear grounds for believing that the master or crew are not familiar with essential shipboard procedures relating to the safety of the ship. Objective evidence during an expanded ISM exam revealed that solenoid valve alarms for steering gear pump 1 and 2 were treated as nuisance alarms and not promptly addressed or reported by the crew as per the operations Manual in concurrence with ships safety management procedures. Recommend audit of ships safety management system concerning steering gear procedures. 74 SOLAS(14) XI-1/4.1 30abc

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 14 November 2018
Resolved 11 January 2019
Resolution: Received satisfactory class report.

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

Issued 14 November 2018 Resolved

1499- Other(Prop. & Aux. Machinery- Each emergency generator set arranged to be automatically started shall be equipped with starting devices approved by the administration with a stored energy capability of at least three consecutive starts. The emergency generator battery bank #2 experienced a small explosion that rendered the generator and battery bank inoperable. The battery was promptly replaced with a spare and PSCO witnessed successful operation of emergency generator on both #1 and #2 battery banks. Provide Class report attesting to the proper operation of vessels emergency generator. 74 SOLAS (14) II-1/44.2-17ac

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 14 November 2018
Resolved 19 November 2018
Resolution: Attending class surveyor tested the EDG battery banks #1 and #2 three times with satisfactory results.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 14 November 2018 Resolved

0199- Other- Maintain a ballast water management (BWM) plan that has been developed specifically for the vessel and that will allow those responsible for the plan's implementation to understand and follow the vessel's BWM strategy and comply with the requirements of this subpart. The plan must include actions for implementing the mandatory BWM requirements and practices as well as procedures for coordinating the shipboard BWM strategy with Coast Guard authorities. The master was unaware of vessel's ballast water compliance extension letter dated April 13, 2017 and the vessel's BWM plan was not updated to reflect the above mentioned requirements. 33CFR151.2050(g) Code 40ac

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 11 January 2019
Resolution: Received satisfactory class report.

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.