Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 21 April 2026.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Decks - cracking
Issued 21 April 2026
Resolved
ach initial and subsequent inspection for certification of a vessel, the owner or managing operator shall be prepared to conduct tests and have the vessel ready for inspections of the hull structure and its appurtenances. Vessel had a cracked weld on an insert plate on weather deck on the starboard side. Vessel must submit a written repair proposal. After approval, conduct repairs in accordance with proposal prior to receiving credit for annual inspection.
46 CFR 176.802(a)
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 29 April 2026
Resolution: Vessel submitted repair proposal and completed repairs. Conducted hose test. All sat.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 21 April 2026
Resolved
Propulsion machinery must be suitable in type and design for propulsion requirements of the hull in which it is installed and capable of operating at constant marine load under such requirements without exceeding its designed limitations. Starboard Inboard Main Engine had a low fuel pressure alarm. Vessel must demonstrate main engine runs satisfactory prior to receiving credit for annual inspection.
46 CFR 182.200(a)
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 29 April 2026
Resolution: Starboard Inboard Main Engine was run satisfactorily.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 21 April 2026
Resolved
Electrical equipment on a vessel must be installed and maintained to provide services necessary for safety under normal and emergency conditions. Starboard Generator (#2) could not continually run. Vessel must demonstrate generator runs satisfactory prior to receiving credit for annual inspection.
46 CFR 183.200(a)
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 29 April 2026
Resolution: Starboard generator was run satisfactorily.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation
Issued 21 April 2026
Resolved
Fixed Gas Fire Extinguishing Systems: Piping, valves, and fittings must be securely supported, and where necessary, protected against damage. Vessel's time delay on CO2 system was unprotected from chaffing.
46 CFR 181.410(d)(3)
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 29 April 2026
Resolution: Chaffing gear was added to protect the time delay.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation
Issued 21 April 2026
Resolved
Fixed Gas Fire Extinguishing Systems: Piping, valves, and fittings must be securely supported, and where necessary, protected against damage. Vessel's pressure switches on CO2 system were unsupported and loose.
46 CFR 181.410(d)(3)
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 4 May 2026
Resolution: Vessel secured pressure switches.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation
Issued 21 April 2026
Resolved
Fixed Gas Fire Extinguishing Systems: Each storage cylinder must meet the requirements of § 147.60 in subchapter N of this chapter, or other standard specified by the Commandant. Vessel just had all CO2 bottles hydrostatically tested and was unable to produce records of test for the flexible hoses in the CO2 system.
46 CFR 181.410(c)(9)
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 29 April 2026
Resolution: All flexible hoses were replaced or hydrotested.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 21 April 2026
Resolved
The discharge ends of fuel tank vent pipes must be fitted with removable flame screens or flame arresters. The flame screens must consist of a single screen of corrosion resistant wire of at least 30 × 30 mesh. The middle fuel vent was missing a flame screen.
46 CFR 182.450(e)
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 29 April 2026
Resolution: Flame screen was installed.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Public address system
Issued 21 April 2026
Resolved
On a vessel of more than 19.8 meters (65 feet) in length, the public address system must be a fixed installation and be audible during normal operating conditions throughout the accommodation spaces and all other spaces normally manned by crew members [name withheld] system was disconnected in the top floor accommodation space.
46 CFR 184.610(b)
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 29 April 2026
Resolution: PA system was installed in top accommodation space.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of escape
Issued 21 April 2026
Resolved
All escape hatches and other emergency exits used as means of escape must be marked on both sides in clearly legible letters at least 50 millimeters (2 inches) high: “EMERGENCY EXIT, KEEP CLEAR”. The emergency exit in the generator room was unmarked.
46 CFR 185.606
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 29 April 2026
Resolution: Emergency exit was marked in the generator room.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 21 April 2026
Resolved
Fire extinguishing equipment installed on a vessel in excess of the requirements of §§ 181.400 and 181.500 must be designed, constructed, installed, and maintained in accordance with a recognized industry standard acceptable to the Commandant (CG-ENG-4). Vessel's fire alarm panel had a system fault alarm that could not be cleared.
46 CFR 181.120(a)
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 29 April 2026
Resolution: Fire alarm panel was serviced and alarm cleared.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 27 February 2025
Resolved
A vessel must be provided with a satisfactory arrangement for draining any watertight compartment, other than small buoyancy compartments, under all practicable conditions. MI observed that the vessel's crew was unable to demonstrate bilge draining arrangements.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 3 March 2025
Resolution: Inspected and tested bilge system, all sat.
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (load lines)
Issued 27 February 2025
Resolved
Each watertight bulkhead must be of sufficient strength to be capable of remaining watertight with a head of water to the top of the bulkhead. Vessel had a penetration in the bulkhead separating the engine room and machinery space on the port side near deck plates in way of water tight door.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 3 March 2025
Resolution: Verified penetration was watertight.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general
Issued 27 February 2025
Resolved
Electrical equipment used in the following locations must be dripproof: A machinery space. Vessel's battery chargers on the port side in booth the engine room and generator room did not have a drip shield installed.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 13 March 2025
Resolved 3 March 2025
Resolution: Verified drip shields were installed, all sat.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes
Issued 27 February 2025
Resolved
Fire extinguishing equipment installed on a vessel in excess of the requirements of §§ 181.400 and 181.500 must be designed, constructed, installed, and maintained in accordance with a recognized industry standard acceptable to the Commandant (CG-ENG-4). Vessel fire fighting pump for the foam monitor had a damaged shaft seal.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 13 March 2025
Resolved 3 March 2025
Resolution: Verified the seal was repaired, all sat.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Rigid liferafts
Issued 8 April 2024
Resolved
Each item of survival craft equipment must be of good quality, and efficient for the purpose it is intended to serve. 02 Life floats were found to be damaged on the vinyl surface. Repair/replace as original.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 April 2024
Resolved 9 April 2024
Resolution: 02 Life floats were replaced.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › General alarm
Issued 8 April 2024
Resolved
All vessels with overnight accommodations must be equipped with a general alarm system. The public address system required by § 184.610 of this chapter may be used to sound the general alarm signal. 01 general alarm bell in the accommodation spaces was found to be muted. Repair/replace as original.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 April 2024
Resolved 9 April 2024
Resolution: General alarm bell was replaced and function tested satisfactory.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress messages: obligations and procedures
Issued 8 April 2024
Resolved
A vessel must comply with the applicable requirements for any radio and Electronic Position Indicating Radio beacon (EPIRB) installations, including the requirements for a station license and installation certificates to be issued by the Federal Communications Commission, as set forth in 47 CFR part 80. VHF and SSB were found to not have GPS configured. Configure both systems to display GPS information.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 April 2024
Resolved 9 April 2024
Resolution: GPS and SSB were configured to display GPS information.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 20 January 2023
Resolved
Vessels described by 46 CFR 175.110(c) must have an interconnected fire detection system in compliance with § 181.450 installed in all enclosed areas where passengers and crew have routine access, including accommodation spaces and machinery spaces. Vessel does not have interconnected system. Vessel to submit a written plan to the OCMI on how it will meet this requirement within 30 days.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 1 March 2023
Resolved 8 April 2024
Resolution: Deficiency rectified during annual inspection.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 20 January 2023
Resolved
All electrical equipment and circuits must be clearly marked and identified. Vessel had multiple motor controllers not properly labeled.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 13 February 2023
Resolved 28 February 2023
Resolution: Witnessed proper labeling of the motor controllers.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Ballast, fuel and other tanks
Issued 20 January 2023
Resolved
The construction and arrangement of a vessel must allow the safe operation of the vessel in accordance with the terms of its Certificate of Inspection giving consideration to provisions for a seaworthy hull, protection against fire, means of escape in case of a sudden unexpected casualty, guards and rails in hazardous places, ventilation of enclosed spaces, and necessary facilities for passengers and crew. Vessel's waste oil tank had multiple cracks on its support brackets.
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 31 January 2023
Resolved 28 February 2023
Resolution: Witnessed proper re-weld of the waste oil tank support bracket.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Auxiliary engine
Issued 9 March 2022
Resolved
STARBOARD GENERATOR WAS LEAKING FUEL IN THE VICINITY OF THE FUEL PUMP.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 10 March 2022
Resolved 10 March 2022
Resolution: Inspected stbd generator and verified that fuel leak was rectified.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 9 March 2022
Resolved
BILGE NEAR SEA CHEST AND ENGINE BEDS HAD EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF OIL.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 23 March 2022
Resolved 11 March 2022
Resolution: HIRED COMPANY TO PROPER EXTRACT OIL AND CLEAN BILGES.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals
Issued 9 March 2022
Resolved
PORT SIDELIGHT HAD DUCT TAPE ON THE BACKSIDE TO CREATE THE 112.5 DEGREE ARC.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 9 April 2022
Resolved 10 March 2022
Resolution: Inspected side light and verified that company replaced cover, all sat.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals
Issued 9 March 2022
Resolved
MISSING A DIAMOND DAYSHAPE.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 9 April 2022
Resolved 10 March 2022
Resolution: Verified that company acquired new diamond day shape.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Main installation
Issued 18 February 2021
Resolved
Vessel is subject to radio installation inspection under the Communications Act. FCC Safety Radiotelephony Certificate and FCC Bridge-to-Bridge Certificate are deemed invalid due to insufficient technician inspection as noted by missing and incorrect MMSI numbers in the radios and vessel not enrolled in AMVER. Provide evidence of newly conducted inspection and issuance of new certificates.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 4 March 2021
Resolved 6 April 2021
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Stability Information Booklet
Issued 18 February 2021
Resolved
A vessel's stability letter must be posted under glass such that all pages are visible at the operating station. Stability letter was not at the operating station. Place stability letter at the operating station.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 20 March 2021
Resolved 26 February 2021
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Main installation
Issued 18 February 2021
Resolved
A placard must be placed next to all radiotelephone installations with emergency broadcast instructions. SSB installation did not have a placard posted nearby. Provide evidence of emergency broadcast placard placed at SSB location.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 20 March 2021
Resolved 1 March 2021
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (MARPOL operational)
Issued 18 February 2021
Resolved
A vessel subject to the Vessel General Permit (VGP) must adhere to the recordkeeping requirement in Chapter 4. Vessel provided out-of-date VGP records. Provide evidence of applicable vessel records.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 20 March 2021
Resolved 26 February 2021
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general
Issued 18 February 2021
Resolved
The use of twist-on wire nuts is permitted so long as the connections are made within an enclosure. Wire nuts within bridge console were not in a junction box. Provide evidence of satisfactory enclosure.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 4 March 2021
Resolved 26 February 2021
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 18 February 2021
Resolved
Pressure indicating gauges shall be compatible with the pressure to be indicated. Pressure gauge on forward air receiver was broken. Provide evidence of functioning pressure gauge.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 4 March 2021
Resolved 26 February 2021
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Public address system
Issued 18 February 2021
Resolved
The public address system must be audible throughout the accommodation space. PA speaker in galley and berthing space was inoperable. Provide evidence of working PA system.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 4 March 2021
Resolved 26 February 2021
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 18 February 2021
Resolved
A fire pump must capable of local operation. Crew mixed up valves used to operate the fire pump. Label valves used to energize the fire pump on both the valve and deck plate to indicate for operation.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 4 March 2021
Resolved 26 February 2021
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 18 February 2021
Resolved
A crew accommodation space must be outfitted with suitable equipment for safety. Crew overnight accommodation spaces had missing and inoperable lighting fixtures. Provide evidence of operable lights in berthing areas.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 20 March 2021
Resolved 26 February 2021
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general
Issued 18 February 2021
Resolved
Electrical equipment on a vessel must be installed and maintained to provide necessary service. Lights on switchboard indicating available power were missing bulbs. Provide evidence of operating lights.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 4 March 2021
Resolved 26 February 2021
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 18 February 2021
Resolved
Portable extinguishers must be maintained in accordance with NFPA 10 and serviced yearly. Lack of servicing tag and condition of the portable extinguisher located forward of the generator space indicated that the extinguisher was missed during the annual servicing. Provide evidence of satisfactory annual servicing.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 4 March 2021
Resolved 26 February 2021
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear
Issued 26 February 2020
Resolved
Vessel must be provided with a main stering gear that is adequite strenght and capable of steering the vessel at all speeds. Rudder would not provide full mobility under pump 1 and was hunting.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 10 March 2020
Resolved 27 February 2020
Resolution: Received tech report from EMI attesting steering gear pump #1 is operational.
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Doors
Issued 26 February 2020
Resolved
Watertight doors are required to be sealed to prevent water from ingresing. The galley and engine room watertight doors needed tightening.
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 10 March 2020
Resolved 26 February 2020
Resolution: Vessel crew tightened the watertight doors to the satifaction of the Marine Inspector.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 26 February 2020
Resolved
Vessel is required to have life ring ready at all time. Bridge life ring reflective tape needed replacement.
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 26 February 2020
Resolved 26 February 2020
Resolution: Vessel crew renewed the reflective tape to the satisfaction of the Marine Inspector.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Rigid liferafts
Issued 26 February 2020
Resolved
Vessel is required to have liftfloats ready at all time. Two (2) lifefloats had DOT reflective tape.
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 26 February 2020
Resolved 26 February 2020
Resolution: Vessel crew placed new SOLAS tape to replace the DOT reflective tape.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 26 February 2020
Resolved
Vessel is required to maintain 6 orange and 6 red distress signals. Vessel was missing two (2) flares from the required amount.
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 26 February 2020
Resolved 26 February 2020
Resolution: Vessel's port captain bought new distress signals for the vessel and placed inside the container.