EMS 500

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

Built: 2016
Last inspected: 2 April 2025
Documentation: Valid · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 3 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 Barge class in Maury's sources begin in 1972.

Inspection record

Last inspected 2 April 2025

Recorded inspections11

…physical examinations9

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2016–2025)

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

1264720

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1369098

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1369098

Documentation record

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

Registered tonnagegross 1,619 / net 1,619

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderWESTPORT ORANGE SHIPYARD LLC · ORANGE, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2016

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un

DocumentationValid · issued 19 May 2026 · expires 30 June 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
1619 - 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.

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Every recorded inspection, 1972 to 2026, 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.

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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.

GENIE Towing Vessel · MISLE 996778 · 15 October 2021 · activity 7332942 WILLIAM Towing Vessel · MISLE 1033746 · 15 October 2021 · activity 7332942 EMS 521 Tank Barge · MISLE 1605042 · 15 October 2021 · activity 7332942

Inspection history · 11

2 April 2025 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8104083

15 August 2023 Damage Survey · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7768689

2 July 2023 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7730592

15 October 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7332942

14 October 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7333336

12 August 2021 Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7282321

31 March 2021 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7169488

2 July 2019 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6792680

2 May 2018 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6403344

27 June 2017 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6200045

26 July 2016 Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · Initial Certification · Construction Oversight · Hull Examination · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5952877

Deficiency record · 1

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)

Issued 2 July 2023 Resolved

No repairs or alterations affecting the safety of the vessel or its machinery shall be made unless applicable requirements in this chapter are met. Barge was involved in a collision with Port Isabel Causeway fendering system which resulted in an inset approx 50-60' long x 2-4" deep across the port side shell. Vessel has 12 voids primary damage is in the vicinity of voids 10 & 11. Barge is permitted to transit in accordance with transit plan received on 7/2/23. Barge permitted one time discharge but no cargo operations upon discharge and must proceed unloaded to EMS Houma for permanent repair. No work is authorized to commence until the cognizant OCMI in which repairs will take place has authorized such repairs. 46 CFR 2.01-15

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 15 August 2023

Ownership record

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