KIRBY 29068

Tank Barge · Barge class · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

KIRBY 29068 is a 2011 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2010, most recently in April 2025, along with 6 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 2 casualty investigations between 2017 and 2022.

Records from 2010 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 15 April 2025.

Built: 2011
Last inspected: 15 April 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2017–2022
Inspected with: 5 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 Barge class in Maury's sources begin in 1972.

Inspection record

Last inspected 15 April 2025

Recorded inspections16

…physical examinations13

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 12 calendar years (2010–2025)

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

1232433

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1102632

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1102632

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)297.5 ft × 54.0 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 1,619 / net 1,619

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderCONRAD SHIPYARD LLC · MORGAN CITY, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2011

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 16 July 2026 · expires 31 August 2027

Service, as the file records itTank Barge

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

Tonnage as PSIX records it1619 - Simplified, Gross Ton
1619 - Simplified, Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 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.

Vessel history report

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 1972 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.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 5

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 29148 Tank Barge · MISLE 1112927 · 29 March 2022 · activity 7426614 GALLIANO Towing Vessel · MISLE 1219291 · 29 March 2022 · activity 7426614 KIRBY 29069 Tank Barge · MISLE 1108812 · 6 November 2017 · activity 6333741 PONTCHARTRAIN Towing Vessel · MISLE 1329340 · 6 November 2017 · activity 6333741 DODSON THORNTON Towing Vessel · MISLE 69618 · 19 May 2015 · activity 5129635 KIRBY 29069 Tank Barge · MISLE 1108812 · 19 May 2015 · activity 5129635

Inspection history · 16

15 April 2025 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8112192

29 March 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7426614

17 August 2021 Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · Drydock Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7289332

27 August 2018 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6521792

6 November 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6333741

28 July 2017 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6220253

21 July 2017 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6212841

13 June 2016 Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5903250

18 June 2015 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5155894

19 May 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5129635

19 May 2015 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5164773

22 August 2014 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4961490

29 August 2013 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4706436

18 August 2012 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4414774

12 July 2011 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4079303

19 November 2010 COI Inspection · Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection · Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam · Construction Oversight · Cargo Tank Internal · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4069759

Deficiency record · 6

Documentation › Manuals/Policy Documentation › Transfer Procedures

Issued 21 July 2017 Resolved

Vessel did not have a copy of their Benzene Program readily available.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 21 August 2017
Resolved 21 July 2017
Resolution: After contacting there office was able to produce Benzene program.

Engineering › Diesel Engine (auxiliary) › Turbocharger

Issued 21 July 2017 Resolved

Exhaust leak on turbo charger

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 21 August 2017
Resolved 28 July 2017
Resolution: Exhaust leak has been resolved.

Deck/Cargo › Cargo Stowage › General

Issued 21 July 2017 Resolved

Round sight glass (6) on ullage’s found retaining ring an all 6 to be heavily deteriorated

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 21 August 2017
Resolved 28 July 2017
Resolution: Renewed retaining ring on all sight glass

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Cargo Monitor/Control System

Issued 21 July 2017 Resolved

Reach rod’s without handles

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 21 August 2017
Resolved 28 July 2017
Resolution: Installed reach rod hand wheel’s

Deck/Cargo › Vapor Control Systems › Piping/Hoses

Issued 18 June 2015 Resolved

Clean out Vapor Control System to eliminate cargo in VCS piping, including drain plugs.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 19 June 2015
Resolution: Inspected cleaned VCS piping and drain plugs.

Deck/Cargo › Cargo Transfer/Lightering (liquid) › Communications

Issued 22 August 2014 Resolved

Make high level alarm light operable.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 25 August 2014
Resolution: High level alarm light is operable.

Casualty record · 2

6 November 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6333741

29 March 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7426614

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. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

Recorded names · 1

HBC 301 (2017). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.