CHEM 3240

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

CHEM 3240 is a 2013 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 2012, most recently in June 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2016.

Records from 2012 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 9 June 2025.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 9 June 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 18
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2016
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 9 June 2025

Recorded inspections18

…physical examinations15

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2012–2025)

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

1244090

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1220277

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1220277

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

BuilderJEFFBOAT LLC · JEFFERSONVILLE, IN, UNITED STATES · built 2013

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portJEFFERSONVILLE, IN

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 8 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.

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.

CHEM 3227 Tank Barge · MISLE 1141998 · 8 August 2024 · activity 7981043 MISTER MAC Towing Vessel · MISLE 1328802 · 8 August 2024 · activity 7981043 HFL 453 Tank Barge · MISLE 1249506 · 10 May 2016 · activity 5873267 RICH MCCARTY Towing Vessel · MISLE 150967 · 4 May 2016 · activity 5875015

Inspection history · 18

9 June 2025 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8155754

8 August 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7981043

27 March 2023 Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs · COI Inspection · Drydock Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7657629

5 May 2021 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7190133

18 March 2021 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7159371

19 April 2019 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6669620

26 September 2018 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6549731

6 April 2018 Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6386553

27 February 2017 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6100155

1 July 2016 Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5921407

9 June 2016 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5902033

10 May 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5873267

4 May 2016 Permit to Proceed · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5874489

4 May 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5875015

13 April 2016 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5851452

2 February 2015 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5070216

21 May 2014 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4874236

13 December 2012 Cargo Tank Internal · MTSA Verification · Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight · Hull Examination · Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4501712

Deficiency record · 3

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (load lines)

Issued 18 March 2021 Resolved

Vessel sustained small fracture inway the starboard bow, fractures to be epoxied. Muscles authorized to discharge present load of cargo(Methinol). Then proceeding to New Orleans area for further inspection cleaning and repair.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 30 April 2021
Resolved 10 May 2021
Resolution: Repaired as original.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Hull Plating

Issued 4 May 2016 Resolved

The barge has damage to the port side of the Rake void. The bilge knuckle is distorted and pushed up from 0 to 18” between second and fourth frame locations at about the 4’ draft line. The damaged area will be above the empty water line and will not receive temporary repairs. The barge will be placed in the port string at the head of the tow with the damage to the outside. The barge will be chec

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 5 June 2016
Resolved 1 July 2016
Resolution: Verified repairs of the port bow rake bilge knuckle via a 6' 6" x 19' x 3/4" rake knuckle insert, a 4' 6" x 24' x3/8" bottom plate insert, and a 5' x 20' x 3/8" side shell insert. Witnessed a satisfactory air test of the port bow rake void.

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

Issued 13 April 2016 Resolved

Did not conduct annual pressure test.

Due 13 April 2016
Resolved 13 April 2016
Resolution: Provided preasure test results

Casualty record · 1

4 May 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5875015

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.