EMS 384

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

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 5 June 2025
Documentation: Valid · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 7 other vessels

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 5 June 2025

Recorded inspections15

…physical examinations11

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2013–2025)

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

1244061

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1168473

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1168473

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

BuilderTRES PALACIOS MARINE LP · PALACIOS, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2013

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un

DocumentationValid · issued 1 May 2026 · expires 31 May 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.

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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.

EMS 359 Tank Barge · MISLE 795738 · 5 June 2025 · activity 8153519 ED S Towing Vessel · MISLE 1540422 · 5 June 2025 · activity 8153519 LOCK MASTER Towing Vessel · MISLE 93363 · 9 June 2020 · activity 6972193 EMS 392 Tank Barge · MISLE 1312231 · 9 June 2020 · activity 6972193 LEE W Towing Vessel · MISLE 1585023 · 9 June 2020 · activity 6972193 BROOKE Towing Vessel · MISLE 204207 · 21 August 2013 · activity 4700894 EMS 383 Tank Barge · MISLE 1168472 · 21 August 2013 · activity 4700894

Inspection history · 15

5 June 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8153519

28 July 2023 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7745368

13 July 2023 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7738925

19 June 2020 Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6980945

9 June 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6972193

9 June 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6972206

9 August 2018 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6507420

24 March 2017 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6166250

16 June 2016 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5913184

6 November 2015 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5758791

17 October 2015 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5744882

25 March 2015 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5108895

10 July 2014 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4945051

10 July 2014 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4974305

21 August 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4700894

Deficiency record · 2

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 9 June 2020 Resolved

Scantling, material and workmanship, subdivision of cargo spaces, fitting of cofferdams, and testing of tanks shall be at least equivalent to the requirements of the American Bureau of Shipping or other recognized classification society. Duty MIs received a report of a puncture in the vicinity of the #01 STBD Cargo Tank raised trunk top. The puncture is approximately 06 inches long by 02-03 feet wide. The barge shall effect suitable temporary repairs to the puncture and then carry out a lightering operation IAW with cognizant OCMI approved lightering plan. Once all cargo is removed from the barge, it shall transit to Channel View Shipyard to effect permanent repairs to the damaged area of the barge. The permanent repairs to the damage shall be made IAW the recommendations of the attending Marine Surveyor and subject to US Coast Guard approval.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 June 2020
Resolved 22 June 2020
Resolution: Sector Houston-Galveston MIs attended the barge, verified the repairs and witnessed a sat. pressure test.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Hull Plating

Issued 17 October 2015 Resolved

Vsl sustained damage in the form of a 6'x 8' x 8" inset to the portside stern corner wrap and box end picture window plate.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 17 November 2015
Resolved 6 November 2015
Resolution: Renewed all damaged steel.

Ownership record

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