TROPIC MARINER

Freight Ship · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 1990s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

TROPIC MARINER is a 1995 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 41 inspections since 2007, most recently in April 2026, along with 48 deficiencies and 3 operational controls.

Records from 2007 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 9 April 2026.

Built: 1995
Last inspected: 9 April 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 41
Deficiencies: 48 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9110547 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

J8MM5

MISLE id

884193

Flag

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-884193

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations34

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded5

Years with a record 18 calendar years (2007–2026)

The 41 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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it2899 - Simplified, Gross Ton
2899 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
1390 - Simplified, Net Ton
5777 - Displacement, Metric Ton
3950 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
1390 - Convention (Subpart B), Net 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 · 41

9 April 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8344688

29 September 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8243325

3 February 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8073847

28 January 2025 Administrative Inspection · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8070745

16 July 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7957699

8 June 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7930677

23 December 2023 Administrative Inspection · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7842008

21 June 2023 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7719056

18 August 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7536373

10 February 2022 Deficiency Check · PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7393697

1 February 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7387108

5 August 2021 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7278048

3 August 2021 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7275846

29 July 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7270404

6 July 2021 Deficiency Check · PSC B · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7247139

28 December 2020 PSC B · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7116615

22 June 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6981225

23 December 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6878204

5 November 2019 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS III Exam · PII Safety Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6849335

14 July 2019 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6749301

6 June 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6705370

9 May 2019 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6679778

11 October 2018 Administrative Inspection · PII Safety Exam · ISPS III Exam · MARPOL Annex I Examination · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6557766

6 April 2018 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6386339

13 September 2017 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6265831

13 March 2017 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6103560

9 September 2016 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5986151

29 February 2016 NPV Safety Exam · ISPS III Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5823913

12 January 2016 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS III Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5795647

8 December 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5777234

18 June 2014 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4892440

2 June 2014 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4876916

18 June 2012 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4347487

6 December 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4202656

23 February 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3422468

22 December 2008 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3383549

25 August 2008 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3308734

3 July 2008 NPV Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3255572

14 May 2008 MARPOL Annex I Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3206465

14 May 2007 Deficiency Check · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2926807

13 May 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Fort Lauderdale · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2928938

Deficiency record · 48

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifeboats

Issued 9 April 2026 Resolved

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 PSC exam, PSCO observed free fall lifeboat steering was inoperable.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 10 April 2026
Resolved 11 April 2026
Resolution: CLASS REPORT ATTACHED IN DOCUMENTS

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency fire pump and its pipes

Issued 9 April 2026 Resolved

In cargo ships of 2,000 gross tonnage and upwards there shall be an alternative means consisting of a fixed independently driven emergency pump which shall be capable of supplying two jets of water to the satisfaction of the administration, during PSC exam PSCO observed insufficient pressure from emergency fire pump to bridge.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 10 April 2026
Resolved 11 April 2026
Resolution: CLASS REPORT ATTACHED IN DOCUMENTS

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general

Issued 9 April 2026 Resolved

Electrical installations shall be such that the safety of passengers, crew, and ship from electrical hazards will be ensured. During PSC exam, PSCO observed exposed wiring on #1 and #2 generators.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 9 May 2026
Resolved 11 April 2026
Resolution: CLASS REPORT ATTACHED IN DOCUMENTS

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of escape

Issued 30 September 2025 Resolved

Self-closing fire doors of the same fire integrity standards shall be fitted in the enclosure. PSCO observed fire door in escape hatch fail to self-close. 74SOLAS(04) II-2/13.4.2.1.1

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 1 October 2025
Resolved 8 December 2025

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire control plan

Issued 30 September 2025 Resolved

General arrangement plans shall be permanently exhibited for the guidance of the ships officers, showing clearly for each deck the control stations, the various fire sections enclosed by "A" class divisions. PSCO observed missing insulation in the CO2 room overhead which was required to meet A60 boundary as per ships fire plan. 74SOLAS(04) II-2/15.2.4.1

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 1 October 2025
Resolved 8 December 2025

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

Issued 30 September 2025 Resolved

Fire protection systems and fire-fighting systems and appliances shall be maintained ready for use. PSCO observed multiple leaking fire hydrants. 74SOLAS(04) II-2/14.1.1

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 1 October 2025
Resolved 8 December 2025

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)

Issued 30 September 2025 Resolved

Posters or signs shall be provided on or in the vicinity of survival craft and their launching controls and shall illustrate the purpose of thecontrols and the procedures for operating the appliance. PSCO observed operating instructions were no longer visible. 74SOLAS(24) III/9.2.1

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 30 September 2025

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions

Issued 30 September 2025 Resolved

Doors required to be self-closing shall not be fitted with hold-back hooks. PSCO observed hold-back hooks in the galley. 74SOLAS(04)II-2/9.4.2.2

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 30 September 2025

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency source of power - Emergency generator

Issued 28 January 2025 Resolved

The electrical power available shall be sufficient to supply all those services that are essential for safety in an emergency. PSCO observed emergency generator supplying insufficient power. 74 SOLAS (04) II-1/43.2 Code 17abc

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 28 January 2025
Resolution: Vessel provided report of survey from the RO (Bureau Veritas) attesting that following repairs the EDG is supplying sufficient power (voltage 400).

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)

Issued 16 July 2024 Resolved

In addition to the requirements of paragraphs 1 to 4, the oil fuel and lubricating oil system shall comply with the following: where necessary, oil fuel and lubricating oil pipelines shall be screened or otherwise protected to avoid as far as practicable oil spray or oil leakages on to hot surfaces. PSCOs observed multiple areas throughout the engine room where lagging on fuel lines was degrated. 74SOLAS(1997) Ch. II-2 / Reg. 15.5.1

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 30 July 2024
Resolved 18 July 2024
Resolution: Vessel sent in pictures showing repair of lagging

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of escape

Issued 16 July 2024 Resolved

Doors required to be self-closing shall not be fitted with holdback hooks. PSCOs observed the door to the escape trunk in the engine room held back and unable to close. 74SOLAS(1997) Ch. II-1 / Reg. 47.2

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 16 July 2024
Resolved 16 July 2024
Resolution: Chief engineer removed lanyard holding door open.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of escape

Issued 21 June 2023 Resolved

All ships shall carry at least two emergency escape breathing devices within accommodation spaces. PSCOs observed 05 of the 06 EEBDs onboard are not sufficiently charged. 74SOLAS(20)II-2/13.3.4.2

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 22 June 2023
Resolution: New EEBDs installed onboard. Class and service reports sent in.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation

Issued 10 February 2022 Resolved

Any required fixed pressure water-spraying fire-extinguishing system in machinery spaces shall be provided with spraying nozzles of an approved type. PSCO observed the fixed local water spray over the fuel oil purifiers with one nozzle removed and replaced with an end cap not allowing water to be spread over the diesel purifier. 74 SOLAS (97 cons) II-2/Reg. 10.1

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 26 February 2022
Resolved 3 March 2022

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Cargo Ship Safety Construction (including exempt.)

Issued 1 February 2022 Resolved

The structure, machinery and equipment...of a cargo ship as referred to in paragraph(b)(;) shall be subject to the surveys and inspections specified below: an annual survey within 3 months before or after each anniversary date of the Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate. Vessel did not have annual endorsement of Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate. 74 SOLAS (20 cons.) Ch. 1. Reg 10(a)(iv). 17ac

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 2 February 2022
Resolution: Vessel supplied properly endorsed Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate. Uploaded to documents.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Garbage record book

Issued 1 February 2022 Resolved

...and may require the master of the ship to certify that the copy is a true copy of such an entry. Any copy so made which has been certified by the master of the ship as a true copy of an entry in the ship's Garbage Record Book. Ship's master failed to sign multiple pages of the Garbage Record Book. MARPOL Annex V/ Reg 10.5. 10c

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 1 February 2022

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (load lines)

Issued 29 July 2021 Resolved

The ring, lines and letters shall be painted in white or yellow on a dark ground or in black on a light ground. vessel's load lines marking for TF,T,S,W,WNA need to be painted to match the skin of the vessel leaving only the F line marked in white. No issue with class marking and deck line. ILLC REG 8

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 3 August 2021
Resolution: Vessel submitted photo's with the corrected paint job of the load line markings.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Application for Endorsement by flagstate

Issued 8 July 2021 Resolved

Administration may... Allow a seafarer to serve for a period not exceeding three months on board a ship entitled to fly its flag while holding an appropiate and valid certificate issued and endorsed as required by another party... Documentary proof shall be readily available that an application for an endorsement has been submitted to the administration. Chief officer flag state endorsement expired on April 21, 2021. An application for endorsement has been submitteed, but has not received a receipt of application for endorsement. 78STCW(17cons)I/10.5

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 9 July 2021
Resolution: Chief officer recieved his receipt of application for endorsement from Antigua & Barbuda and forwarded to PSCO's email.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Oil record book

Issued 8 July 2021 Resolved

The oil record book... Shall be in the form specified in appendix III to this annex. Chief engineer was not conducting weekly soundings on the dirty oily tank and waste oil tank. MARPOL(17cons) Annex I/17.1

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 28 July 2021
Resolution: Master submitted copies of weekly oil record book entries noting the entries for the dirty oil, waste oil tank.

14 - Pollution Prevention › 145 - MARPOL Annex V › Garbage management plan

Issued 8 July 2021 Resolved

Every ship 100 gross tonnage and above.. Shall carry a garbage management plan... It shall also designate the person or persons in charge of carrying out the plan. The garbage management plan doesn't designate a person in charge. Additionally it does not include e-waste. MARPOL(17cons)Annex V/10.2

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 8 August 2021
Resolved 5 August 2021
Resolution: Received email from vessel's agent containing Class Approved new garbage management plan meeting the requirements for MARPOL and applicable MEPCs

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Fire protection systems

Issued 28 December 2020 Resolved

Ships constructed before 1JUL2002 shall also comply with part E. Flexible hoses shall be replaced at intervals recommended by the manufacture. The manufactures states to immediately replace damaged parts. Flexible hoses for installed CO2 system were cracked. 74 SOLAS (2014 Cons.) CH II-2 Reg 2.2.2 74 SOLAS (2014 Cons.) CH II-2 Reg 14.2.2.1

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 January 2021
Resolved 25 January 2021
Resolution: PSCOs received BV class attestation letter confirming resolution of deficiency to their satisfaction. Report uploaded.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Enclosed space entry and rescue drills

Issued 22 June 2020 Resolved

Crew members with enclosed space entry or rescue responsibilities shall participate in enclosed space and entry and rescue drill to be held on board the ship once every two months. Last recorded enclosed space drill took place on 30MAR2020. SOLAS 74 (2014 CONS) III/19.3.3

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 25 June 2020

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Oil record book