PORT FOURCHON

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

PORT FOURCHON is a 2014 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 2014, most recently in May 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 4 casualty investigations between 2017 and 2025.

Records from 2014 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 5 May 2026.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 5 May 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 19
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2017–2025
Inspected with: 8 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

Identity

1244294

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WDL6932

1222769

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1222769

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations10

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded6

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2014–2026)

The 19 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 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 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)68.9 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 98 / net 67

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)68.9 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderINTRACOASTAL IRON WORKS INC · BOURG · built 2014

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Direct

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 16 June 2026 · expires 31 July 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 it98 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
67 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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.

One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.

Inspected as a tow unit · 8

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.

KIRBY 28014 Tank Barge · MISLE 441805 · 7 March 2025 · activity 8090322 KIRBY 29147 Tank Barge · MISLE 1112925 · 7 March 2025 · activity 8090322 KIRBY 31004B Tank Barge · MISLE 1280758 · 12 August 2022 · activity 7533217 KIRBY 28027 Tank Barge · MISLE 611970 · 17 December 2021 · activity 7370678 KIRBY 29155 Tank Barge · MISLE 1276994 · 17 December 2021 · activity 7370678 GOLDEN MEADOW Towing Vessel · MISLE 1362125 · 17 December 2021 · activity 7370678 KIRBY 27736 Tank Barge · MISLE 1227424 · 14 June 2017 · activity 6228366 KIRBY 27738 Tank Barge · MISLE 1227426 · 14 June 2017 · activity 6228366

Inspection history · 19

5 May 2026 Damage Survey · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8367138

3 November 2025 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8262686

15 August 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8210572

8 March 2025 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8090325

7 March 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8090322

6 March 2025 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8090088

17 October 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7810225

27 June 2023 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7724682

22 April 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7673370

7 November 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7590990

12 August 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7533217

17 December 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7370678

24 July 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7267404

29 September 2020 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7067843

26 September 2020 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7066648

16 June 2019 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6717069

26 July 2017 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6221576

14 June 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6228366

12 November 2014 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5022025

Deficiency record · 1

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 26 September 2020 Resolved

Vessel suffered a reduction in propulsion control caused by a loose mechanical linkage to the fuel rack of the starboard main engined.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 26 September 2020
Resolution: Received reports from TPO attesting for SAT repairs

Casualty record · 4

14 June 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6228366

17 December 2021Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 7370678

12 August 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7533217

7 March 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8090322

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.

Recorded names · 1

C. C. CENAC (2017). 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.