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INDEPENDENCE

Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Other hulls named INDEPENDENCE · REINAUER TRANSPORTATION CO. LLC operator of record, 2023

INDEPENDENCE is a 2009 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 20 inspections since 2009, most recently in July 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2010 and 2022.

Records from 2009 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 15 July 2025.

Built: 2009
Last inspected: 15 July 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 20
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2010–2022
Inspected with: 2 other vessels

Identity

US Official No.

1223689

IMO number

9568407 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

WDG2186

MISLE id

1035612

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367513030

Maury page id

psix-1035612

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations13

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded3

Years with a record 12 calendar years (2009–2025)

The 20 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 Towing Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)119.5 ft × 44.4 ft × 20.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 283 / net 91

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)119.5 ft × 44.4 ft × 20.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 740 / net 222

BuilderDERECKTOR SHIPYARDS CONN LLC · BRIDGEPORT, CT, UNITED STATES · built 2009

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portNEW YORK, NY

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 10 September 2025 · expires 31 October 2026

Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel

Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it488 - Dead Weight, Ton
740 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
283 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
222 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
91 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 2026, matched to this hull on its Official Number. Registered and ITC measurements are two systems and are never combined. One snapshot is held so far; documentation history begins with the next.

Radio station licence

WDG2186MMSI 367513030 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 3 December 2021, expires 21 December 2031

FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

Inspected as a tow unit · 2

The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.

FIGHT A L S Tank Barge · MISLE 1305234 · 11 May 2016 · activity 5876081 BARRY SILVERTON Towing Vessel · MISLE 1309101 · 11 May 2016 · activity 5876081

Inspection history · 20

15 July 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8173045

9 January 2025 Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Southeastern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8059689

3 July 2024 Excursion Permit · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7956908

25 June 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7933576

18 June 2024 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7937740

6 September 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7774127

6 October 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Southeastern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7572703

19 September 2022 Underwater Inspection in lieu of Drydock · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7561787

19 July 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7513714

5 January 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7376013

17 June 2021 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7225665

24 February 2020 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Southeastern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6913121

30 August 2018 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Navigation Center · Activity 6527194

19 December 2017 DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Southeastern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6329395

11 May 2016 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cape Cod · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5875088

11 May 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Southeastern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5876081

21 October 2011 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4175324

4 November 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3885643

7 December 2009 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Long Island Sound · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3645936

3 December 2009 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3644005

Deficiency record · 3

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 15 July 2025 Resolved

At least two lifebuoys on a towing vessel greater than 26 feet must be fitted with a floating electric water light approved under approval series 161.010 or 161.110. MI observed 01 water light had alkaline batteries, manufacturers instructions call for lithium ion battery.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 29 July 2025
Resolved 5 August 2025
Resolution: Operator provided photograph showing lithium batteries installed in the floating waterlight.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Stability/strength/loading information and instruments

Issued 9 January 2025 Resolved

A weight and moment history of changes to the vessel since approval of its lightweight characteristics (displacement, Longitudinal Center of Gravity (LCG) and Vertical Center of Gravity (VCG)) must be maintained. All weight modifications to the vessel (additions, removals, and relocations) including a calculation of the aggregate weight change (absolute total of all additions, removals, and relocations) must be recorded in the history, along with a description of the change, when and where accomplished, moment arms, etc. After each modification, the lightweight characteristics must be recalculated. Provide the aggregate weight change of the port and starboard panama chocks and fwd line box to ABS to determine any lightship characteristic changes to the currently issued stability letter.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 30 April 2025
Resolved 29 April 2025
Resolution: letter submitted to ABS with weight addition.

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Automatic Identification System (AIS)

Issued 30 August 2018 Resolved

Vsl is broadcasting invalid IMO # and no static draft information

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 9 October 2018
Resolution: While running a query in VIVS, the IMO# and draft for the vessel had been updated and AIS was broadcasting the proper information.

Casualty record · 3

4 November 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 3885643

11 May 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 5876081

6 October 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 7572703

Each line is an incident investigation the Coast Guard recorded with this hull among the vessels involved, with the date and the classification the Coast Guard gave it, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

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.