EMS 387

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

EMS 387 is a 2013 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2013, most recently in February 2025, along with 2 deficiencies.

Records from 2013 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 23 February 2025.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 23 February 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 February 2025

Recorded inspections12

…physical examinations11

…administrative events1

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 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

1248409

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1233908

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1233908

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 · PALACIOUS, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2013

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 20 November 2025 · expires 31 December 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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Inspection history · 12

23 February 2025 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8083255

15 March 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7872918

15 February 2024 Cargo Tank Internal · Drydock Exam · Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7865924

20 November 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7354723

7 March 2019 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6637826

29 November 2017 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6327187

26 July 2017 Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6221570

27 January 2017 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6078530

6 January 2016 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5820962

2 February 2015 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5078885

22 October 2014 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5018358

6 December 2013 COI Inspection · Construction Oversight

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4765253

Deficiency record · 2

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (cargo)

Issued 23 February 2025 Resolved

All cargo tanks shall be constructed and tested as required by standards established by the American Bureau of Shipping or other recognized classification society. The #1 cargo tank is leaking cargo product into the #1 void. Gas free, clean, and repair the damage and test to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard Marine Inspector prior to cargo operations.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 27 February 2025
Resolution: Conducted a repair check of a failed weld on the lap weld on the stbd bottom side of the stbd #1 centerline cargo tank measuring approxiamtely 15". After inspecting the cargo tanks and #1 stbd void, conducted air tests of 2.0psi; all sat.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Hull Plating

Issued 26 July 2017 Resolved

Barge has damage to the Port Head Log. Damaged area is approximately 12 ft X 10 ft with max inset of 8 in. Barge may proceed loaded to offload cargo at Dow Facility, Taft, LA MM 128 LMR. After cargo is offloaded may proceed to EMS Dock Houma, LA for permanent repairs. No Cargo loading authorized until permanent repairs performed and verified by USCG MI.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 26 August 2017
Resolved 14 August 2017
Resolution: Verified repairs and witnessed air test @ 2 psi

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.