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CHEM 738
Tank Barge · Barge class · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named CHEM 738 · AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES, LLC operator of record, 2023
CHEM 738 is a 2012 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2012, most recently in June 2024, along with 3 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2015 and 2017.
Records from 2012 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 27 June 2024.
- Built
- 2012
- Last inspected
- 27 June 2024
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2015–2017
Identity
1241899
1182525
Flag
UNITED STATES
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Maury page id
psix-1182525
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded2
Years with a record
9 calendar years (2012–2024)
The 12 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 Barge class in Maury's sources begin in 1972.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)200.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 12.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 735 / net 735
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderJEFFBOAT LLC · JEFFERSONVILLE, IN, UNITED STATES · built 2012
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeBox
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portJEFFERSONVILLE, IN
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 11 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 it735 - Simplified, Gross Ton
735 - Simplified, Net Ton
735 - 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
No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of
6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.
Inspected as a tow unit · 4
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.
VICTOR GUZMAN Towing Vessel · MISLE 187430 · 22 December 2017 · activity 6332754ACL 01512 Freight Barge · MISLE 29578 · 22 October 2015 · activity 5748420JOSEPH M. HAMILTON Towing Vessel · MISLE 140340 · 22 October 2015 · activity 5748420GLENN W JONES Towing Vessel · MISLE 202261 · 22 October 2015 · activity 5748420Inspection history · 12
27 June 2024
Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7943617
17 May 2024
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7914443
13 August 2021
Examination of Repairs · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Damage Survey · Drydock Exam · COI Inspection · Cargo Tank Internal
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7285598
14 August 2018
Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6525022
22 December 2017
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6332754
15 May 2017
MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Annual Survey
Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6169175
1 August 2016
Examination of Repairs · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5960526
13 November 2015
Administrative Inspection · Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5772611
22 October 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5748420
11 November 2014
Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5028738
19 August 2013
Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification · Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4690068
1 August 2012
Initial Certification · Hull Examination · Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight · Cargo Tank Internal · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4397759
Deficiency record · 3
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness
Issued 17 May 2024
Resolved
Scantlings, 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. Vessel reported 9"x17" hile in #1 STBD deck gunnel. A temp repair has been made. Vessel is authorized to transit to Transmontane OR 609.40 to discharge. Then to T.T. 237 Baton Rouge to undergo permanent repairs to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector. During the transit the damaged gunnel shall be facing toward the middle of the tow. 32.60-1
Documentation › Certificates/Documents › Certificate of Inspection
Issued 1 August 2012
Resolved
Prior to carrying cargo Cyclohexannone (CCH), amend Cargo Authority Attachment to include CCH and all intended cargoes.
Documentation › Markings/Placards › Warning Signs
Issued 1 August 2012
Resolved
Remove cargo signs and cards for Caustic Soda Solution (CSS), Dichlorobenzene (BDO), and any other cargo not authorized in the Cargo Authority Attachment.
Casualty record · 2
22 October 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5748420
22 December 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 6332754
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.