MSC NIOVI VIII

Freight Ship · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

MSC NIOVI VIII is a 2005 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 36 inspections since 2016, most recently in May 2026, along with 2 deficiencies and 12 operational controls.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 9 May 2026.

Built: 2005
Last inspected: 9 May 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 36
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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 9 May 2026

Recorded inspections36

…physical examinations16

…administrative events8

…with no type recorded12

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 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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9290488

5LKM6

795201

Flag

LIBERIA

Maury page id

psix-795201

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it106801 - Displacement, Metric Ton
77538 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
83011 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
48047 - 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 · 36

9 May 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8361344

29 October 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8260610

26 October 2025 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8258792

26 October 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8260326

25 October 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8258576

23 October 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8257512

22 October 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8256473

18 October 2025 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8254917

6 August 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8203902

3 August 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8201124

1 August 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8200294

25 July 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8193744

24 July 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8193962

11 June 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8154625

10 February 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8076899

18 October 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8021343

6 July 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7949938

9 January 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7846980

31 October 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7818404

19 May 2023 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7688850

18 May 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7691351

24 September 2019 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6819506

3 July 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6734867

24 April 2019 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6666922

15 April 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6662696

26 October 2018 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6568676

10 August 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6507069

15 March 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6372720

14 March 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6371805

3 January 2018 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6331041

27 December 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6329288

3 October 2017 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6280095

17 November 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6042840

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

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6025386

4 February 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5810043

1 February 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5809152

Deficiency record · 2

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 22 October 2025 Resolved

Main and auxiliary machinery essential for the propulsion and safety of the ship shall be provided with effective means for operation and control. PSCO observed inoperable governor on main engine. 74 SOLAS (04) II-1/31.1

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 5 November 2025
Resolved 4 November 2025
Resolution: Technician replaced servomotor and amplifier of the governor and ran tests. Class Survey Report and Closed dispensation letter attached.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 18 October 2024 Resolved

"The machinery, boilers and other pressure vessels, associated piping systems and fittings shall be of a design and construction adequate for the service for which they are intended and shall be so installed and protected as to reduce to a minimum any danger to persons on board, due regard being paid to moving parts, hot surfaces and other hazards." Vessel reported that 02 of the 03 blowers for the m/e are not operational, not allowing the m/e to run as designed.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 19 October 2024

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.