KIRBY 29059

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

KIRBY 29059 is a 2013 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 2013, most recently in April 2024, along with 2 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2016 and 2018.

Records from 2013 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 23 April 2024.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 23 April 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2016–2018
Inspected with: 4 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 23 April 2024

Recorded inspections14

…physical examinations11

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2013–2024)

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

1247197

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1188346

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1188346

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

BuilderWEST GULF MARINE LTD · GALVESTON, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2013

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portWILMINGTON, DE

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 11 September 2025 · expires 31 October 2026

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, Net Ton
1619 - Simplified, Gross 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 · 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.

JIM BURNS Towing Vessel · MISLE 132725 · 18 January 2018 · activity 6475239 KIRBY 30723B Tank Barge · MISLE 934142 · 18 January 2018 · activity 6475239 PEANUT HOLLINGER Towing Vessel · MISLE 194744 · 18 September 2016 · activity 6020207 KIRBY 28181 Tank Barge · MISLE 1166385 · 18 September 2016 · activity 6020207

Inspection history · 14

23 April 2024 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7900376

26 October 2023 MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs · Cargo Tank Internal · Drydock Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7813394

29 April 2020 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6948148

10 October 2018 Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6558797

18 January 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6475239

15 November 2017 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6321551

14 November 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6306446

10 November 2017 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey · Examination of Repairs · Plan Review (Other than "T")

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6306221

18 September 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6020207

4 August 2016 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5971274

21 July 2016 Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5948182

30 May 2016 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5895013

29 August 2014 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5035283

10 June 2013 Construction Oversight · Drydock Exam · MTSA Verification · Initial Certification · Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4676648

Deficiency record · 2

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

Issued 10 November 2017 Resolved

Pinhole leak found on discharge piping (spool piece) between check valve and discharge relief valve on weld seam.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 25 November 2017
Resolved 14 November 2017
Resolution: Repairs and testing completed to the satisfaction of attending marine inspector.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell

Issued 30 May 2016 Resolved

Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston personnel identified an inset on the headlog approximately 8' x 4' with a fracture of 3" x 4' on the gunwale. Noted another fracture above the starboard push knee of 3" x 4'. Also identified sharp inset on #3 starboard void gunwale. Make permanent repairs to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 30 June 2016
Resolved 21 July 2016

Casualty record · 2

18 September 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 6020207

18 January 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6475239

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.

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.