EMS 385

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

EMS 385 is a 2013 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 2013, most recently in June 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2025.

Records from 2013 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 21 June 2025.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 21 June 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 19
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2025
Inspected with: 8 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 21 June 2025

Recorded inspections19

…physical examinations14

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 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

1248407

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1233905

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1233905

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

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 19 August 2025 · expires 30 September 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, 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 · 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.

GENIE Towing Vessel · MISLE 996778 · 21 June 2025 · activity 8178443 EMS 399 Tank Barge · MISLE 1369097 · 21 June 2025 · activity 8178443 PHILIP Towing Vessel · MISLE 426009 · 18 July 2015 · activity 5218836 MATTY T Towing Vessel · MISLE 206628 · 14 January 2014 · activity 4782609 EMS 315 Tank Barge · MISLE 728493 · 14 January 2014 · activity 4782609 DAN L Towing Vessel · MISLE 1178588 · 14 January 2014 · activity 4782609 KIRBY 29086 Tank Barge · MISLE 1227410 · 14 January 2014 · activity 4782609 EMS 386 Tank Barge · MISLE 1233907 · 14 January 2014 · activity 4782609

Inspection history · 19

21 June 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8178443

28 November 2023 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7830668

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

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7824194

20 November 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7354721

26 November 2018 Annual Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6586457

1 November 2017 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6317830

25 October 2017 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6306887

14 September 2017 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6271940

16 May 2017 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6147604

27 January 2017 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6078519

1 September 2015 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5757895

21 July 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5205936

20 July 2015 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey · Welding Related Inspections Qualification Testing · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5190152

18 July 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5218836

3 November 2014 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5050351

21 May 2014 Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4878445

29 April 2014 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4878281

14 January 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4782609

13 November 2013 MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Construction Oversight

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4716555

Deficiency record · 3

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Sheerstrake

Issued 27 January 2017 Resolved

During the Periodic Inspection USCG identified damage to the sheerstrake by the #6 STBD void hatch cover. Repairs must be made no later than the next sceduled Internal Structural Exam, 13Nov18, IAW the D8 Inland Barge Repair Guide.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 13 November 2018
Resolved 16 May 2017
Resolution: Cleared def due to the estimated repair period being longer than 30days. An open inspection note will provide notification for damage repair.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Weld

Issued 20 July 2015 Resolved

Vessel has approximately six inches of oil product (gasoline) in its #1 starboard wing tank. Vessel must not transfer any product from its #1 starboard wing tank until the USCG [name withheld] has approved a transfer procedure for such. Once Gas Freed the vessel must fix the issues aboard the vessel to prevent cargo from going into the Voids.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 30 July 2015
Resolution: See narrative. Cargo tank weld seam was ground away, rewelded, and air tested satisfactory.

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Overfill Devices

Issued 13 November 2013 Resolved

#1 starboard cargo tank overfill alarm inoperable.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 13 November 2013
Resolution: Manufacturers rep attended vessel, replace circuit board, and alarm tested satisfactorily.

Casualty record · 1

21 June 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8178443

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.