VELOS SAPPHIRE is a 2007 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 6 inspections since 2017, most recently in July 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 1 operational control.
Records from 2017 to 2025. Most recent: operational control imposed, 5 July 2025.
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 Tank Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.
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
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Tonnage as PSIX records it40953 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton 22285 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton 74998 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton 88185 - Displacement, Metric 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
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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 · 6
5 July 2025Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8176114
16 May 2025Administrative Inspection · COC-TVE Annual · PSC B
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8133414
13 April 2024COC-TVE Renew · PSC B
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7894553
20 July 2019COC-TVE Renew
Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6755818
24 November 2017NPV Safety Exam · COC-TVE Annual · ISPS III Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6312010
7 February 2017Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · COC-TVE Renew
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office St. Croix · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6080108
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Inert gas system
Issued 13 April 2024Resolved
MATERIALS USED IN INERT GAS SYSTEMS SHALL BE SUTIABLE FOR THEIR INTENDED PURPOSE, IN PARTICULAR THOSE COMPONENTS WHICH MAY BE SUBJECTED TO CORROSIVE ACTION OF THE GASES AND/OR LIQUIDS ARE TO BE EITHER CONSTRUCTED OF CORROSION RESISTANT MATERIAL OR LINED WITH RUBBER, GLASS FIBER EPOXY RESIN OR OTHER EQUIVALENT COATING MATERIAL. PSCO OBSERVED AN UNAUTHORIZED TEMPORARY REPAIR ON THE PIPE FOR THE SPRAY NOZZLE FOR THE VENTURI. 74 SOLAS (02) II-2/4.5.5.1 FSS CODE CHAPTER 15.2.2.1.3.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 13 April 2024
Resolved 15 April 2024
Resolution: class report received remarking replacement of entire venturi.
Ownership record
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