STAR JAPAN

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named STAR JAPAN

STAR JAPAN is a 2004 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 37 inspections since 2004, most recently in May 2025, along with 5 deficiencies and 4 operational controls.

Records from 2004 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 28 May 2025.

Built: 2004
Last inspected: 28 May 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 37
Deficiencies: 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9254654 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

LAZV5

MISLE id

704588

Flag

NORWAY

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-704588

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations23

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded8

Years with a record 14 calendar years (2004–2025)

The 37 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Bulk Carrier class in Maury's sources begin in 1981.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it32844 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
13085 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
44807 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
57244 - Displacement, Metric Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 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.

Radio station licence

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

Inspection history · 37

28 May 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8142229

13 November 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8034025

18 May 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7908144

28 July 2022 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7516961

15 July 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7507569

15 January 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6887759

17 October 2019 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6839654

9 August 2019 Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6777817

10 July 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6745219

11 January 2019 ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6603143

1 November 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6033260

5 October 2016 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6016496

28 December 2015 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5788124

21 September 2015 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5721003

7 May 2012 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4299818

8 January 2010 PII Safety Exam · ISPS I Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3659591

7 January 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3660403

12 December 2008 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3379939

16 July 2008 Ballast Water Examination · Random ISPS/MTSA/PSC

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 3269596

25 September 2007 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 3066084

23 September 2007 ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · MARPOL Annex V Examination · MARPOL Annex I Examination

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 3064083

21 February 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Mayport · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2875558

20 February 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2874651

2 August 2006 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2733739

21 July 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2720438

10 April 2006 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2621071

9 March 2006 Ballast Water Examination · Random ISPS/MTSA/PSC

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2599138

2 August 2005 NPV Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2448867

26 April 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2342602

25 April 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2342595

14 April 2005 Ballast Water Examination · Random ISPS/MTSA/PSC · ILO-147 Exam

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2333595

11 April 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2332030

6 January 2005 Random ISPS/MTSA/PSC

Physical examination · MSO LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2270324

27 October 2004 Random ISPS/MTSA/PSC

Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2229675

7 October 2004 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2216046

22 July 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2253096

21 July 2004 Ballast Water Examination · MARPOL Annex I Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2145664

Deficiency record · 5

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Loading/Ballast condition

Issued 9 August 2019 Resolved

To discharge ballast water into the waters of the US, the master, owner, operator, agent or person in charge of a vessel subject to 33CFR151.2025 must either ensure that the ballast water meets discharge standard in 151.2030(a), use an AMS described in 151.2025(a)(3), or ballast with water from a US public water system/to a facility as described in 151.2025. STAR JAPAN, keel laid 27DEC2003 last DD JUN2019, with ballast water capacity of 15,539 cubic meters, is past its compliance date and fitted with a BWTS. BWTS was not used and vessel intends to discharge in port. As the vessel is past its compliance date, discharge of untreated ballast into US waters is not permitted.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Resolved 22 October 2019
Resolution: Received class and tech report. System repaired and operational.

Documentation › Logs/Records › Garbage Recordkeeping

Issued 9 March 2006 Resolved

Garbage plan is not ship specific. Mixed Garbage was found throughout the vessel. The crew is not following the separation of garbage based on the color coding or stenciling of the trash cans. Garbage plan does not address who is responsible for the collection of florescent lamps or batteries.

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 10 April 2006
Resolution: Vessel provided vessel specific Waste Management Plan. Vessel''s [name withheld] is the officer in charge of ensuring the waste management procedures are carried out.

Navigation › Piloting/Steering › Inland Navigation Rules

Issued 21 July 2004 Resolved

Provide a copy of Inland Navigation Rules on board prior to departure from port. 33 CFR 88.05

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 22 July 2004
Resolution: Agent contacted by PSC and advised publication on board prior to departure.

Navigation › Emergency Steering › Communications to Emergency Steering

Issued 21 July 2004 Resolved

Provide emergency steering instructions-block diagram at the operating station prior to next U.S. port after sailing foreign. 33 CFR 164.35 (k)

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 1 October 2015
Resolution: Received Fax from Master attesting to correction of deficiency. NOTE: MISLE updated 01OCT2015 due to error in system; def previously corrected.

Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA)

Issued 21 July 2004 Resolved

Supply ARPA Label for ARPA radar prior to next U.S. port after sailing foreign. 33 CFR 164.38 (d)

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 7 October 2004
Resolution: Received fax from Master attesting to correction of deficiency.

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.