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AUSTIN
Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named AUSTIN · HIGMAN BARGE LINES, INC. operator of record, 2023
AUSTIN is a 2010 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 2010, most recently in March 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 1 casualty investigation in 2022.
Records from 2010 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 19 March 2026.
- Built
- 2010
- Last inspected
- 19 March 2026
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2022
Identity
1226787
WDK8799
1062829
Flag
UNITED STATES
368097520
Maury page id
psix-1062829
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded5
Years with a record
13 calendar years (2010–2026)
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 Towing Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)78.0 ft × 32.0 ft × 10.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 167 / net 133
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderHOPE SERVICES INC · DULAC, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2010
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portHOUSTON, TX
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 11 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 it167 - Simplified, Gross Ton
133 - Simplified, Net Ton
133 - Simplified, 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
WDK8799MMSI 368097520 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 5 June 2019, expires 5 June 2029
WDF5061MMSI 367458930 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 26 June 2010, cancelled 29 August 2020 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
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 · 3
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.
KIRBY 28022 Tank Barge · MISLE 512466 · 16 June 2022 · activity 7695294HTCO 3125 Tank Barge · MISLE 1269894 · 16 June 2022 · activity 7695294MMI 3055 Tank Barge · MISLE 813207 · 13 November 2011 · activity 4196859Inspection history · 18
19 March 2026
Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8328571
9 September 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8230219
24 May 2024
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7918361
18 January 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7623339
30 August 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7547057
17 June 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7480486
16 June 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7695294
29 January 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7133826
15 October 2019
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6834497
5 August 2019
Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6727387
26 May 2017
MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6168784
29 June 2014
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4904735
28 May 2014
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4872479
14 February 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4533833
12 December 2012
DAPI Audit
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4500644
13 November 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4196859
17 March 2011
DAPI Audit
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3966301
15 November 2010
MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3891914
Deficiency record · 1
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 17 June 2022
Resolved
Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must: Be maintained to ensure proper operation. Steering system piping compromised leading to a loss of steering. Replace compromised piping and repair to original.
Casualty record · 1
16 June 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7695294
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.