SPAR VIRGO

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

SPAR VIRGO is a 2005 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 2006, most recently in November 2024, along with 5 deficiencies and 5 operational controls.

Records from 2006 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 6 November 2024.

Built: 2005
Last inspected: 6 November 2024
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 18
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

9299276 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

LAZR5

MISLE id

813928

Flag

NORWAY

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-813928

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations10

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded5

Years with a record 12 calendar years (2006–2024)

The 18 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 it17790 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
53208 - Dead Weight, Ton
64609 - Displacement, Ton
32474 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross 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 · 18

6 November 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8031203

30 March 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7421468

10 June 2021 Administrative Inspection · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7221242

8 October 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7073996

30 November 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6861129

4 March 2016 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5824731

29 October 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5754505

29 October 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6001441

15 October 2015 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5743219

20 August 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4120078

19 August 2011 ISPS I Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4120567

9 December 2010 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3903976

3 November 2008 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3349431

26 July 2007 MARPOL Annex I Examination · Ballast Water Examination · Random ISPS/MTSA/PSC · MARPOL Annex V Examination

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3002517

11 January 2007 Ballast Water Examination · Random ISPS/MTSA/PSC

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2854009

25 April 2006 Ballast Water Examination · MARPOL Annex V Examination · MARPOL Annex I Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2632424

23 April 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2632192

17 April 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2626970

Deficiency record · 5

Lifesaving › Launching Appliances › Davit

Issued 4 March 2016 Resolved

0635 - Launching arrangement for rescue boats - Before the ship leaves port and at all times during the voyage, all life saving appliances shall be in working order and ready for immediate use. During a lifting test of the ships rescue boat, PSCOs observed that the boat would not lift high enough above the cradle to launch safely.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 4 March 2016
Resolved 4 March 2016
Resolution: Crew adjusted the limit switch and PSCOs observed a satisfactory test.

Documentation › Manuals/Policy Documentation › Training Manual (lifesaving)

Issued 4 March 2016 Resolved

2055 - Manuals, instructions, etc. - The training manual shall contain instructions on the life-saving applicances provided in the ship and on the best methods of survival and shall include donning of immersion suits. PSCOs observed two variations of immersion suits throughout the ship. The SOLAS training manual does not address both styles and creats potential confusion during an emergency.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 4 March 2016
Resolved 4 March 2016
Resolution: Crew added additional instructions.

Electrical › Electrical Distribution System (service) › Wiring

Issued 4 March 2016 Resolved

0950-Electric equipment in general-The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to ensure that the ship in all respects will remain fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons on board. The crew has spliced wires to the bus bar in 440V power panels in two locations, which requires the panel to remain open creating a safety hazard for the crew.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 March 2016
Resolved 10 March 2016
Resolution: Recieved NK Class report clearing the Def and correcting Electrical connections.

Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Radar

Issued 1 November 2008 Resolved

Vsl reports secondary (X-band ) radar blinking in and out.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 3 November 2008
Resolution: Tech report stating radar was repaired and work properly.

Engineering › Steering Gear System › Rudder Angle Indicator

Issued 26 July 2007 Resolved

During the test of vessel's steering gear it was found that there was a 5 degree variance between the main bridge rudder angle indicator and the affixed steering gear rudder angle indicator. Have the attending classification society attest to the integrity of the steering gear rudder angle indicator system.

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 28 July 2007
Resolved 3 November 2008
Resolution: Rudder Angle Indicator operated properly during the PSC inspection.

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.