CAPT. ROBERT J. BANTA

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

CAPT. ROBERT J. BANTA is a 2015 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2016, most recently in May 2026.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 5 May 2026.

Built: 2015
Last inspected: 5 May 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 Towing Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Inspection record

Last inspected 5 May 2026

Recorded inspections11

…physical examinations4

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2016–2026)

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

1263089

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WDI3481

1358513

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1358513

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)78.7 ft × 28.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 212 / net 144

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)78.7 ft × 28.0 ft × 10.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 227 / net 68

BuilderMAIN IRON WORKS LLC · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2015

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 7 August 2025 · expires 30 September 2026

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 it227 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
212 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
68 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
144 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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, 1980 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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Inspection history · 11

5 May 2026 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8367172

12 June 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8158065

18 November 2024 MTSA Verification · Construction Oversight · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8036424

12 September 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8001646

19 June 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7719660

18 June 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6979896

15 October 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6834738

21 June 2019 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6721211

10 April 2019 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6689523

26 May 2016 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5892926

9 March 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5833830

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

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.