CHEM 3245

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

CHEM 3245 is a 2013 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 2013, most recently in March 2025, along with 4 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2022.

Records from 2013 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 28 March 2025.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 28 March 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 19
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2022
Inspected with: 3 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 28 March 2025

Recorded inspections19

…physical examinations15

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 4 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

1247015

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1234291

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1234291

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)299.8 ft × 54.0 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 1,631 / net 1,631

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, charter

DocumentationValid · issued 3 December 2025 · expires 31 December 2026

Service, as the file records itFreight Barge

Hull formbarge (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it1631 - Simplified, Gross Ton
1631 - 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 · 3

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.

SAFETY EXPLORER Towing Vessel · MISLE 945887 · 18 February 2022 · activity 7403786 FMT 3300 Tank Barge · MISLE 1539645 · 18 February 2022 · activity 7403786 PRAIRIE STATE Towing Vessel · MISLE 206038 · 7 March 2014 · activity 4952137

Inspection history · 19

28 March 2025 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8101201

25 July 2023 Examination of Repairs · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection · MTSA Verification · Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7746603

18 February 2022 Damage Survey · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7398564

18 February 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7403786

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

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6474479

5 June 2018 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6434678

16 June 2017 Annual Survey · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6177782

18 August 2016 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5976240

21 October 2015 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5748006

12 June 2015 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5156532

23 March 2015 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5088884

22 July 2014 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4932666

7 April 2014 Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4828827

7 March 2014 Permit to Proceed

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4812120

7 March 2014 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4812373

7 March 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4952137

24 August 2013 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4696979

23 August 2013 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4696960

19 July 2013 MTSA Verification · Initial Certification · Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight · Hull Examination · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4658332

Deficiency record · 4

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 18 February 2022 Resolved

Scantlings, materials and workmanship shall be at least equivalent to the requirements of ABS or other recognized classification society. Make permanent repairs to sharp inset and fractures in way of the stern void port corner prior to conducting cargo operations.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 18 February 2022
Resolved 4 March 2022
Resolution: Inspected permanent hull repair. All sat.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Hull Plating

Issued 5 June 2018 Resolved

Located at the bottom of the port head log head long. Inset appears to have a sharp crease. Dimensions are about 8-10 inches wide and 3 inches deep. Vessel authorized a one time discharge and make vessel available for Coast Guard inspection.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 13 July 2018
Resolution: Vessel Completed Hull inspection with repairs.

Documentation › Manuals/Policy Documentation › Cargo/Ballast System Instruction Manual

Issued 22 July 2014 Resolved

Benzene Monitoring Program not on board.

Due 6 September 2014
Resolved 23 March 2015
Resolution: ACL provided evidence of Benzene Monitoring program being placed on board.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Hull Plating

Issued 7 March 2014 Resolved

14" x 4" long x 3" deep inset at the starboard deckline, within the inset is a 4" hairline fracture. Submit repair proposal to OCMI repair of crack ans set in on barge. Repair barge prior to loading cargo to satisfaction of local OCMI.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 7 March 2014

Casualty record · 1

18 February 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7403786

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.