KIRBY 31004B

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

KIRBY 31004B is a 2015 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2015, most recently in June 2025, along with 4 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2022.

Records from 2015 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 27 June 2025.

Built: 2015
Last inspected: 27 June 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2022
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

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 27 June 2025

Recorded inspections12

…physical examinations11

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2015–2025)

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

1252828

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1280758

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1280758

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)297.5 ft × 54.0 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 1,619 / net 1,295

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderWEST GULF MARINE LTD · PALACIOS, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2015

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 11 December 2025 · expires 31 January 2027

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
1295 - 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 · 1

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.

PORT FOURCHON Towing Vessel · MISLE 1222769 · 12 August 2022 · activity 7533217

Inspection history · 12

27 June 2025 Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · COI Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8168695

17 January 2023 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7619614

30 August 2022 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7547131

12 August 2022 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7531974

12 August 2022 Type not recorded

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

9 July 2020 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7001453

7 April 2020 Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · Examination of Repairs · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6931325

17 June 2019 Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification · Deficiency Check · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6716858

3 April 2018 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6384947

17 February 2017 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6090381

25 May 2016 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5887582

16 January 2015 COI Inspection · MTSA Verification · Construction Oversight

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5083301

Deficiency record · 4

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

Issued 12 August 2022 Resolved

Hull damage sustained in allision with bridge. Vessel issued PTP to proceed directly to yard for repairs.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 26 August 2022
Resolved 31 October 2022
Resolution: CLEARED DEFIENCY ACCORDING TO ACTIVITY NUMBER 7547131

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

Issued 27 June 2019 Resolved

Vessel missing documentation for hydrostatic testing for piping the system and annual testing of hose/piping. Provide test records to local OCMI to the satisfaction of Coast guard Marine Inspector.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 31 July 2019
Resolved 30 July 2019
Resolution: Received documentation from vessel rep verifying repairs have been made.

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

Issued 27 June 2019 Resolved

Vessel missing Stud on vapor flange face. Install stud on vapor line in accordance with applicable regulation to the satisfaction of Coast Guard Marine Inspector.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 31 July 2019
Resolved 30 July 2019
Resolution: Received documentation from vessel rep verifying repairs have been made.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Spaces in cargo areas

Issued 27 June 2019 Resolved

No extensive alterations involving the safety of a tank vessel either in regard to hull or machinery shall be made without the approval of the commandant. 46 CFR 31.10-25 During COI inspection MI observed stationary structure in the vacinity of the cargo and prime mover area. Stationary structure must be removed from tank vessel.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 31 July 2019
Resolved 30 July 2019
Resolution: Received documentation from vessel rep verifying repairs have been made.

Casualty record · 1

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

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.