M/V NICHOLAS

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Other hulls named M/V NICHOLAS

M/V NICHOLAS is a 2014 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 2017, most recently in July 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 4 casualty investigations between 2017 and 2025.

Records from 2017 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 2 July 2026.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 2 July 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2017–2025
Inspected with: 9 other vessels

Identity

1251897

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WDH3914

1277486

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367612240

Maury page id

psix-1277486

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded6

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2017–2026)

The 15 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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)64.5 ft × 28.0 ft × 9.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 144 / net 115

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderEYMARD MARINE CONSTRUCTION & REPAIR INC · HARVEY, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2014

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 13 May 2026 · expires 30 June 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 it144 - Simplified, Gross Ton
115 - Simplified, Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 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.

Radio station licence

WDH3914MMSI 367612240 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 5 January 2024, expires 27 March 2034

FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

Inspected as a tow unit · 9

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.

Inspection history · 15

2 July 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · USCGC YELLOWFIN (WPB 87319) · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8431532

19 July 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8202631

16 December 2024 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8078139

30 May 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7911788

10 March 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7905359

13 March 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7650487

17 April 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7432423

25 March 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7420740

10 October 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7332544

19 March 2020 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6928978

19 March 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6929250

12 September 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6809959

21 May 2019 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6690097

23 February 2018 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6360579

26 January 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6204296

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 13 March 2023 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on board under normal and emergency conditions. Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must be maintained to ensure proper operation. Vessel reported casualty of cracked cylinder liner in the port engine. Provide TPO report attesting to proper operation and transit plan prior to transiting to Conley Shipyard. 46 CFR 143.205(a)(c)

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 6 April 2023
Resolution: TPO report received. Crankshaft required a inshop overhaul. After overhaul, United Power Systems ran a satisfactory DYNO test. Engine reinstalled and satisfactory sea trials conducted.

Casualty record · 4

26 January 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RR - SIMMESPORT, LA · activity 6204296

10 October 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7332544

10 March 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7905359

19 July 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8202631

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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. 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.