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RANDY HOPSON

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named RANDY HOPSON · HIGMAN BARGE LINES, INC. operator of record, 2023

RANDY HOPSON is a 2014 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2016, most recently in October 2024, along with 3 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2018 and 2023.

Records from 2016 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 8 October 2024.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 8 October 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2018–2023
Inspected with: 3 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

Identity

1256248

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WDH6840

1316877

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367642130

Maury page id

psix-1316877

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations7

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded3

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2016–2024)

The 12 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)109.4 ft × 35.5 ft × 12.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 573 / net 171

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)109.4 ft × 35.5 ft × 12.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 573 / net 171

BuilderBOCONCO INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2014

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portHOUSTON, TX

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 11 December 2025 · expires 31 January 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 it573 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
171 - Convention (Subpart B), 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

WDH6840MMSI 367642130 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 15 August 2024, expires 27 September 2034

WDM2179MMSI 368185790 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 10 March 2021, cancelled 3 August 2021

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 · 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.

BELL Towing Vessel · MISLE 819976 · 17 January 2018 · activity 6348536 HTCO 3104 Tank Barge · MISLE 1224380 · 17 January 2018 · activity 6348536 HSM 3146 Tank Barge · MISLE 1350218 · 17 January 2018 · activity 6348536

Inspection history · 12

8 October 2024 In-Service Inspection · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8016131

2 April 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7889968

24 June 2023 Deficiency Check · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7722367

24 June 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7723806

17 May 2022 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7452942

23 December 2019 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6878306

16 December 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6880657

26 January 2019 Damage Survey · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6616340

26 January 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6616369

9 May 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Navigation Center · Activity 6410254

17 January 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6348536

22 January 2016 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5805980

Deficiency record · 3

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (navigation)

Issued 23 December 2019 Resolved

Missing port steering rudder and 3 bent flukes on port wheel. Vessel is allowed to transit light boat to Amherst Madison Marine Repair in Gallipolis, OH for repair and/or replacement.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 23 January 2020
Resolved 27 December 2019
Resolution: Replaced port steering rudder and both screws

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Shipboard Marine Pollution emergency operations

Issued 16 December 2019 Resolved

Vessel operating with expired/de-activated Non-tank Vessel Response Plan (NTVRP). Plan #13725 expired and was de-activated on July 19, 2109.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 17 May 2022
Resolution: Application submitted to CG-MER-1, to added orphaned towing vessels to KIRBY Plan #13322.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 26 January 2019 Resolved

Steering pump failure

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 30 January 2019
Resolved 27 January 2019
Resolution: Repairs made to Steering Pump. Engineer found a wire was loose and became diconnected.

Casualty record · 3

17 January 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6348536

26 January 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6616369

24 June 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7723806

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.

Recorded names · 1

HIGMAN LEADER (2018–2019). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.