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EVIN CHARLES
Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · HIGMAN BARGE LINES, INC. operator of record, 2023
EVIN CHARLES is a 2011 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 27 inspections since 2011, most recently in March 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 4 casualty investigations between 2012 and 2020.
Records from 2011 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 25 March 2025.
- Built
- 2011
- Last inspected
- 25 March 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
- 4 investigations · 2012–2020
Identity
1235824
WDF9509
1152814
Flag
UNITED STATES
367505870 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-1152814
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded12
Years with a record
11 calendar years (2011–2025)
The 27 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 2011
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portHOUMA, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 10 August 2026 · expires 31 August 2027
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
WDF9509MMSI 367505870 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 23 September 2021, cancelled 1 December 2025
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 · 7
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.
MMLP 2601 Tank Barge · MISLE 1054820 · 16 November 2012 · activity 4485384MMLP 2601 Tank Barge · MISLE 1054820 · 26 October 2012 · activity 4473168NITA E Towing Vessel · MISLE 87953 · 22 May 2012 · activity 4795565HTCO 3082 Tank Barge · MISLE 1159405 · 22 May 2012 · activity 4795565M/V BROCK Towing Vessel · MISLE 72609 · 26 April 2012 · activity 4295564EBL 2993 Tank Barge · MISLE 824483 · 26 April 2012 · activity 4295564GONSOULIN 411 Tank Barge · MISLE 874310 · 26 April 2012 · activity 4295564KYLIE MARIE Towing Vessel · MISLE 451623 · 13 April 2012 · activity 4296081EBL 2993 Tank Barge · MISLE 824483 · 13 April 2012 · activity 4296081GONSOULIN 411 Tank Barge · MISLE 874310 · 13 April 2012 · activity 4296081EBL 2993 Tank Barge · MISLE 824483 · 6 January 2012 · activity 4220725GONSOULIN 411 Tank Barge · MISLE 874310 · 6 January 2012 · activity 4220725Inspection history · 27
25 March 2025
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8099068
10 March 2025
MTSA Verification · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8088972
20 February 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7867822
21 November 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7598136
19 August 2022
TPO Audit · Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7616454
3 August 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7523989
8 July 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7501079
17 March 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7413743
26 May 2021
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7207374
16 December 2020
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7113053
16 December 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7118261
30 August 2020
In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7045944
14 August 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7033087
27 March 2020
Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6932344
2 March 2020
TPO Audit · Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6920615
12 December 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6873349
27 August 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6796528
11 May 2018
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Navigation Center · Activity 6411934
27 July 2017
MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam · Administration
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6229919
11 September 2014
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4980801
16 November 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4485384
26 October 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4473168
22 May 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4795565
26 April 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4295564
13 April 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4296081
6 January 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4220725
18 November 2011
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4191576
Deficiency record · 3
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 10 March 2025
Resolved
To stop the flow of fuel in the event of a fire or break in the fuel line, a remote fuel shutoff valve must be fitted on any fuel line that supplies fuel directly to a propulsion engine or generator prime mover. Marine Inspectors witnessed the port side fuel shutoff valve not fully actuate. Repair port side fuel shutoff valve to the satisfaction of a Coast Guard Marine Inspector.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 17 March 2022
Resolved
Repair STBD generator to the satisfaction of the Third Party Organization(ABS). Provide report to the USCG.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 16 December 2020
Resolved
Propulsion machinery must be maintained to ensure proper operation. Starboard crankshaft is broken and leaking. Vessel is authorized to transit to Sector Houston and affect repairs to satisfaction of TPO (ABS).
Casualty record · 4
6 January 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 4220725
13 April 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4296081
26 April 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4295564
16 December 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7118261
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.
Recorded names · 1
ORANGE (2012–2020). 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.