COLUMBIA FREEDOM

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 2010s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

COLUMBIA FREEDOM is a 2016 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 2015, most recently in September 2025, along with 9 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2021.

Records from 2015 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 15 September 2025.

Built: 2016
Last inspected: 15 September 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 19
Deficiencies: 9 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2021
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 15 September 2025

Recorded inspections19

…physical examinations14

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 9 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

1264503

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1355006

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1355006

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)324.5 ft × 94.0 ft × 21.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 4,885 / net 1,465

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)324.5 ft × 94.0 ft × 21.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 4,885 / net 1,465

BuilderVT HALTER MARINE INC · ESCATAWPA, MS, UNITED STATES · built 2016

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portPORTLAND, OR

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 10 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 it4885 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
2227 - Dead Weight, Gross Ton
1465 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
2232 - Displacement, 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.

MCALLISTER SISTERS Towing Vessel · MISLE 154406 · 18 December 2021 · activity 7370831

Inspection history · 19

15 September 2025 MARPOL Annex I Examination · Annual Inspection · MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8235792

16 October 2024 MARPOL Annex VI Survey · MARPOL Annex I Examination · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8015565

9 January 2024 Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7845044

17 October 2023 Annual Inspection · MARPOL Annex I Examination · MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7808043

4 October 2023 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7803185

23 September 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7797053

18 December 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7370831

12 October 2021 COI Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7326866

31 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7301041

11 August 2021 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7283874

4 November 2020 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7090212

28 October 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7086058

20 October 2020 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7081106

15 October 2019 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6827022

19 February 2019 Damage Survey · Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6628429

16 February 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6628365

16 October 2018 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6560117

28 November 2017 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6311585

17 July 2015 MTSA Verification · Initial Certification · Deadweight Survey · Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight · MARPOL Annex I Examination · Construction Oversight · MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5975631

Deficiency record · 9

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ready availability of fire fighting equipment

Issued 16 October 2024 Resolved

Approved portable fire extinguishers and semi-portable fire extinguishing systems must be installed in accordance with Table 95.50-10(a) of this section. Auxiliary Spaces; Electric emergency motors or generators: 40-B:C; 1 outside the space in the vicinity of the exit. Vessel did not have portable fire extinguishers next to portable generators. 46 CFR 95.50-10(a)

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 17 October 2024
Resolution: Vessel installed portable fire extinguishers next to portable generators. see attached pictures

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Stability/strength/loading information and instruments

Issued 16 October 2024 Resolved

Each stability book must contain sufficient information to enable the master to operate the vessel in compliance with applicable regulations in this sub-chapter. Vessel's stability information directed that all cargo be secured prior to operation out of protected waters. Vessel did not have proper securing devices on Cargo Bay 1, Starboard side and Cargo Bay 6, 3 High, Port side. 46 CFR 170.110

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 17 October 2024
Resolution: Port rep installed proper cargo securing devices on Cargo Bay 1, Starboard side and Cargo Bay 6, 3 High, Port side. see attached pictures

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

Issued 23 September 2023 Resolved

46 CFR 91.30-1 A Survey, either general or partial, according to the circumstances, shall be made every time an accident occurs or a defect is discovered which affects the safety of the vessel. This Survey shall be such to insure that the necessary repairs or renewals have been effectively made. Vessel fendering system failed causing 3in crack in stbd, 4ft above water line, approx 15ft forward of the stern. Temp repairs are to be made to the satifaction of the attending marine inspector. Once vessel arrives back in Sector VA AOR, permanet repairs are to be completed.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 3 October 2023
Resolved 3 October 2023
Resolution: Permanent Repairs were made via 14" x 14" insert.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › International Oil Pollution Prevention (IOPP)

Issued 20 October 2020 Resolved

Vessel does not have current IOPP or IAPP onboard. Vessel will not sail international until USCG MI verifies and endorses current IOPP and IAPP. 33CFR151.19

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 20 November 2020
Resolved 4 November 2020
Resolution: Vessel received new copies of their IOPP and IAPP with supplements.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)

Issued 20 October 2020 Resolved

Port and Starboard side handrail wires are corroded with multiple courses broken. Replace all broken and corroded cables. Install temporary lines until permanent repairs are made. All persons shall be briefed on temporary repairs prior to embarkation until permanent repairs are made. Permanent repairs are to be completed in 7 days. 46CFR92.25-5

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 27 October 2020
Resolved 4 November 2020
Resolution: Vessel has installed new plastic covered steel wire courses.

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (MARPOL operational)

Issued 20 October 2020 Resolved

Vessel does not have SOPEP notification list required by 33 CFR 151.26(b)(3) on board. The list is required to be on board. Vessel shall not transit outside the boundary line until list is on board and verified by USCG MI. 33CFR151.27(a) 33CFR151.26(b)(3)

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 20 November 2020
Resolved 4 November 2020
Resolution: Vessel has required SOPEP notification list on board.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Load Lines (including Exemption)

Issued 20 October 2020 Resolved

Vessel's does not have the endorsement by class on the load line certificate. Vessel may not transit outside the boundary line until endorsement is made by classification society. 46CFR42.09-40

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 30 October 2020
Resolved 4 November 2020
Resolution: Verified Load Line was endorsed.

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

Issued 19 February 2019 Resolved

Barge reported damage to port side after a collision while underway. Found two large insets to hull and damaged internal structural members. Complete steel repairs to affected area to the satisfaction of the attending CGMI. Barge is restricted to a Lakes, Bays, and Sound Route. Barge is restricted from carrying cargo on outermost port row over Voids 5P and 6P.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 5 March 2019
Resolved 20 March 2019
Resolution: Vessel Completed repairs to satisfaction of attending CG Inspector and ABS Surveyor at Colonnas Shipyard, Norfolk VA

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

Issued 16 February 2019 Resolved

Received report that, while in tow, the barge suffered an allision while transiting outbound the Delaware Bay COTP zone. Proceed to Annapolis Anchorage in the Maryland-NCR COTP zone for Coast Guard Inspectors to attend the vessel and assess damage.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 16 February 2019
Resolution: Maryland-NCR Duty MI attended and reported that the damaged appeared to only be cosmetic.

Casualty record · 1

18 December 2021Routine · role: Subject to Marine Inspection · activity 7370831

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.