LOUISE AUERBACH

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

LOUISE AUERBACH is a 2007 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 25 inspections since 2016, most recently in July 2026, along with 6 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 12 July 2026.

Built: 2007
Last inspected: 12 July 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 25
Deficiencies: 6 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 12 July 2026

Recorded inspections25

…physical examinations16

…administrative events9

Deficiencies 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 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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9388895

D5SN9

992354

Flag

LIBERIA

Maury page id

psix-992354

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it9611 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
12652 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
17972 - Displacement, Metric Ton
4260 - 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

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 25

12 July 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8435746

3 July 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8426745

27 May 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8381530

26 May 2026 Explosive Handling Operation-Commercial

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8381348

4 March 2026 Explosive Handling Operation-Commercial

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8319797

19 February 2026 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8312614

3 February 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8302798

3 February 2026 Explosive Handling Operation-Commercial

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8306439

15 October 2025 Explosive Handling Operation-Commercial

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8256948

7 August 2025 Explosive Handling Operation-Commercial

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8220521

5 August 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8199323

3 May 2025 Explosive Handling Operation-Commercial

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8126706

24 November 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8039165

6 May 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7682370

25 April 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7675090

6 November 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7590009

27 October 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7584859

27 June 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7484947

27 June 2022 Explosive Handling Operation-Commercial

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7496784

5 April 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7424778

26 April 2021 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7181326

23 April 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7181507

30 January 2019 NPV Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6614525

28 February 2018 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6360395

27 March 2016 Deficiency Check · ISPS III Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 5841176

Deficiency record · 6

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Oil accumulation in engine room

Issued 5 April 2022 Resolved

Means shall be provided to control leaks of flammable liquids. Psco observed a constant drip of F/O on the main engine coming from the high pressure injection pump.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 12 April 2022
Resolved 7 April 2022
Resolution: Receieved Class report attesting to replacing leaking pump.

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

Issued 5 April 2022 Resolved

No electrical equipment shall be installed in paint lockers, unless the administration is staisfied that such equipment is appropriately certified for safe usage in the dusts, vapours, or gases likely to be encountered. Cable connection to explosion proof lighting in paint locker was found to be loose, exposing the internal of the lighting to the atmosphere.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 5 April 2022
Resolved 5 April 2022

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

Issued 5 April 2022 Resolved

Where "A" Class divisions are penetrated, such penetrations shall be suitably insulated by extension of the insulation at the same level of the division. Thru deck pipe run between A/C Room and engine room was missing insulation and exposed an "A" class division. A rag was stuffed in the fitting. Crew removed the rag and propertly insulated with cable sealing.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 5 April 2022
Resolved 5 April 2022
Resolution: Crew proiperly insulated with cable sealing.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Immersion suits

Issued 5 April 2022 Resolved

If a ship has any watch or work stations which are located remotely from the place or places where immersion suits are normally stowed, including remotely located sruvival craft...additional immersion suits of appropriate size shall be provided at these locations for the number of persons normally on watch or working at those locations.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 5 April 2022
Resolved 5 April 2022
Resolution: Crew relocated 02 extra immersion suits to the ECR.

Engineering › Fuel Oil Storage/Transfer System › Piping

Issued 27 March 2016 Resolved

1720 - Control of discharge of oil - Bunker transfer pipe system must not leak under static liquid pressure 1.5 times the maximum allowable working pressure. Found last hydro test was conducted 13MAY14. 33 CFR 156.170(c)(4)

Action required: 703 - Prior to bunkering operations
Due 27 March 2016
Resolved 28 March 2016
Resolution: Recieved via email statement from Chief Engineer that hydro test completed on bunkering line.

Engineering › Diesel Engine (propulsion-direct drive) › Turbocharger

Issued 27 March 2016 Resolved

1410 - Propulsion main engine - Ship shall be designed, constructed and maintained in compliance with the mechanical requirements of a classification society which is recognized by the administration. Air cooler for main engine was inoperable. 74 SOLAS (2004 Cons.) II-1/26.1

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 27 March 2016
Resolved 2 April 2016
Resolution: Received report from DNV-GL attesting to the replacement and successful testing of the charge air cooler.

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.