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BAFFIN BAY
Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named BAFFIN BAY · HIGMAN BARGE LINES, INC. operator of record, 2023
BAFFIN BAY is a 2010 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 21 inspections since 2010, most recently in October 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 6 casualty investigations between 2013 and 2025.
Records from 2010 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 18 October 2025.
- Built
- 2010
- Last inspected
- 18 October 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 6 investigations · 2013–2025
Identity
1229469
WDL8253
1094262
Flag
UNITED STATES
368167820
Maury page id
psix-1094262
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded9
Years with a record
11 calendar years (2010–2025)
The 21 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 × 34.0 ft × 10.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 177 / net 142
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 18 November 2025 · expires 31 December 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 it177 - Simplified, Gross Ton
142 - Simplified, Net Ton
142 - 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
WDL8253MMSI 368167820 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 28 October 2020, expires 28 October 2030
WDF6067MMSI 367470280 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 2 November 2010, cancelled 2 January 2021
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 · 8
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.
MMI 3020 Tank Barge · MISLE 5786 · 17 February 2023 · activity 7640463ELLIS DAVIS Towing Vessel · MISLE 1051486 · 17 February 2023 · activity 7640463KIRBY 30036 Tank Barge · MISLE 1176816 · 17 February 2023 · activity 7640463HTCO 3132 Tank Barge · MISLE 1297992 · 25 December 2015 · activity 5788065HTCO 3133 Tank Barge · MISLE 1297993 · 25 December 2015 · activity 5788065MMI 2801 Tank Barge · MISLE 727720 · 6 August 2013 · activity 4679968MMI 2802 Tank Barge · MISLE 727723 · 6 August 2013 · activity 4679968COLT CLARY Towing Vessel · MISLE 1203817 · 6 August 2013 · activity 4679968Inspection history · 21
18 October 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8254949
18 October 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8255616
7 May 2025
Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8130264
22 March 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8097877
18 February 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7638489
17 February 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7640463
13 June 2022
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7476059
12 June 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7478556
22 February 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7400001
20 September 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7316184
30 September 2020
Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7068770
21 June 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6992544
3 December 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6869905
13 March 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6642463
4 April 2017
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6126110
25 December 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5788065
5 February 2014
MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4794719
18 August 2013
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4688261
9 August 2013
Marine Casualty Follow Up · Administration · Spot Check (Safety)
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4680011
6 August 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4679968
1 December 2010
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3902765
Deficiency record · 3
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 18 October 2025
Resolved
Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must: Be maintained to ensure proper operation. Vessel lost propulsion on STBD engine while underway. Vessel is authorized a one time transit using their Port engine to [name withheld] Dock to effect repairs. Vessel is required to submit a TPO report to the USCG attesting to repairs prior to the clearing of this deficiency.
46 CFR 143.205 (c)(1)
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 22 March 2025
Resolved
Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems must be maintained to ensure proper operation. Reports stated the vessel loss the starboard main engine. Submit report from TPO (ABS) attesting to repairs made.
*TPO may clear the CG-835 provided the TPO notify the issuing OCMI that the item has been cleared within 72 hours of clearing the item.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Operation of machinery
Issued 18 February 2023
Resolved
Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on board under normal and emergency conditions.
Vessel experienced steering casualty while underway.Provide report from TPO attesting to completion of repairs and proper operation.
46 CFR 143.205(a)
Casualty record · 6
6 August 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4679968
25 December 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5788065
21 June 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 6992544
12 June 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7478556
17 February 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7640463
18 October 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8255616
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.