PORT EADS

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

PORT EADS is a 2016 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2016, most recently in March 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 3 casualty investigations between 2020 and 2023.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 28 March 2026.

Built: 2016
Last inspected: 28 March 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2020–2023
Inspected with: 2 other vessels

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 28 March 2026

Recorded inspections12

…physical examinations5

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded5

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 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

1263200

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WDL2255

1362121

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1362121

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)69.1 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 99 / net 68

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)69.1 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderINTRACOASTAL IRON WORKS INC · BOURG, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2016

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 16 July 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it99 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
68 - 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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Inspected as a tow unit · 2

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.

KIRBY 27010 Tank Barge · MISLE 1230712 · 21 February 2020 · activity 6936839 KIRBY 31004B (DUPLICATE) Tank Barge · MISLE 1283816 · 21 February 2020 · activity 6936839

Inspection history · 12

28 March 2026 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8333295

1 May 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8126808

25 October 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8024641

6 April 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7890903

2 March 2023 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7644838

2 March 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7658416

4 April 2022 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7412151

19 November 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7654933

21 February 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6936839

6 June 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6436184

6 March 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6099988

1 June 2016 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5893571

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 6 April 2024 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operations of the towing vessel and the safety of persons onboard under normal operations and in emergency conditions. Vessel has damaged port rudder. Repair for full steering capability to the satisfaction of the TPO.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 10 April 2024
Resolution: TPO survey report received from ABS.

Casualty record · 3

21 February 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 6936839

19 November 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7654933

2 March 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7658416

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.