FLEX RAINBOW

Tank Ship · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

FLEX RAINBOW is a 2018 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2019, most recently in March 2026, along with 2 deficiencies.

Records from 2019 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 29 March 2026.

Built: 2018
Last inspected: 29 March 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 2 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 Tank Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 29 March 2026

Recorded inspections10

…physical examinations6

…administrative events2

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2019–2026)

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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9709037

V7HJ7

1503866

Flag

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Maury page id

psix-1503866

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it88563 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
123410 - Displacement, Metric Ton
34860 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
115174 - 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

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 10

29 March 2026 PSC B · COC-GAS Renew

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8330260

16 April 2025 COC-GAS Annual · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8108742

7 January 2025 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8059400

14 February 2024 COC-GAS Renew

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7865067

25 March 2022 PSC B · COC-GAS Annual

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7410848

25 March 2022 Special

Type not classified · Liquefied Gas Carrier National Center of Expertise · Activity 7420098

2 March 2021 COC-GAS Renew · PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7145050

24 January 2020 COC-GAS Annual · PSC C

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6892954

5 March 2019 Special

Type not classified · Liquefied Gas Carrier National Center of Expertise · Activity 6637959

25 January 2019 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · COC-GAS Renew

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6614248

Deficiency record · 2

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Launching arrangements for survival craft

Issued 29 March 2026 Resolved

Each life raft or group of life rafts shall be stowed with a float-free arrangement complying with the requirements of paragraph 4.1.6 of the code so that each floats free and if inflatable, inflates automatically when the ship sinks. PSCO observed that the painter line was not connected to the weak link. 74 SOLAS (Amended) III/13.4.2 10c

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 29 March 2026
Resolution: Corrected on the spot.

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

Issued 29 March 2026 Resolved

The condition of the ship and its equipment and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the code and to ensure that the ship will remain fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons on board or without presenting unreasonable threat of harm to the marine environment. PSCO observed a gas leak on the gas controller for MDE #1 in the compressor room. (Gas Valve Controller) 74 SOLAS (AM) VII/13.1 IGC Code I/1.4.3 10c

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 29 March 2026
Resolution: Corrected on the spot. Replaced O-ring.

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.