WATER TAXI MIAMI 2

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1980s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

WATER TAXI MIAMI 2 is a 1986 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2016, most recently in February 2026, along with 8 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 28 February 2026.

Built: 1986
Last inspected: 28 February 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 8 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 Passenger Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 28 February 2026

Recorded inspections17

…physical examinations16

…administrative events1

Deficiencies 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2016–2026)

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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WDFI6258

263665

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UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-263665

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it1 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
1 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspection history · 17

28 February 2026 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8324937

17 February 2026 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8311793

5 March 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8088811

20 March 2024 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7883663

16 January 2024 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7849648

25 January 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7626699

1 April 2022 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7422621

21 January 2022 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Deficiency Check · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7383532

29 January 2021 Administrative Inspection · DAPI Audit · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7128950

3 February 2020 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6901446

21 January 2020 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6892876

13 March 2019 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6641571

19 April 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6394714

21 March 2018 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6375779

31 January 2018 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6349164

11 January 2017 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6069359

13 January 2016 Drydock Exam · Simplified Stability Test · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5809624

Deficiency record · 8

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Covers (hatchway-, portable-, tarpaulins, etc.)

Issued 17 February 2026 Resolved

Deck fittings in way of forward hatch covers and fixed seating was found not to be weather tight, allowing free ingress of nuisance water from normal operating conditions and weather. Effect repairs of all weather tight fittings in accordance with an approved repair proposal submitted to the attending Marine Inspector.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 5 March 2026
Resolution: All weather tight fittings tested satisfactory.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements

Issued 17 February 2026 Resolved

All submersible bilge pumps were not marked as UL 1113 approved or permanently mounted. Provide proof of UL 1113 approval of all installed pumps or permanently install UL1113 submersible bilge pumps as required.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 3 March 2026
Resolution: UL 1113 approved submersible bilge pumps installed and tested satisfactory.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Operation of machinery

Issued 1 April 2022 Resolved

The fuel shut off valve required to cut the engine will satisfy one means of stopping the engine. Fuel shut off valve is corroded. 46 CFR 182.15-40

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 1 April 2022
Resolution: Operator sent video demonstrating operation in open and closed position.

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

Issued 1 April 2022 Resolved

Each portable fire extinguisher must be inspected and maintained in accordance with NFPA. Extinguishers have not been serviced in 2020. 46 CFR 176.810(b)

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 1 April 2022
Resolution: Operator sent pictures of newly purchased fire extinguishers and associated receipts.

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 1 April 2022 Resolved

Vessel must carry first aid kit with contents under 46 CFR 160.041. First aid kid onboard is incomplete. 46 CFR 184.710

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 15 April 2022
Resolved 18 April 2022
Resolution: Owner/operator sent photo of compliant kit purchased.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 1 April 2022 Resolved

Each ring life buoy with a floating light must have a lanyard of at least 3 feet in length lanyard on vessel is of insufficient length. 46 CFR 180.70

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 15 April 2022
Resolved 4 May 2022
Resolution: Owner sent picture of waterlight line.

05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress messages: obligations and procedures

Issued 3 February 2020 Resolved

Emergency broadcast placard not present. Provide placard IAW 46CFR184.510.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 17 February 2020
Resolved 24 February 2020
Resolution: Picture evidence submitted to Sector Miami showed taht proper placarding was placed.

Electrical › Electrical Distribution System (service) › Fuse

Issued 21 March 2018 Resolved

46CFR 182 - Replace fuses and satisfactorily test port midship bilge pump #4 and navigational lights.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 21 March 2018
Resolved 22 March 2018
Resolution: Vessel rep provided pictures suporting repairs made and equipment identified in operational condition.

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.