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EXPLORER
Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named EXPLORER · SCF BARGE LINE, LLC operator of record, 2023
EXPLORER is a 2017 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 21 inspections since 2018, most recently in December 2025, along with 9 deficiencies and 4 casualty investigations between 2019 and 2023.
Records from 2018 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 26 December 2025.
- Built
- 2017
- Last inspected
- 26 December 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 9 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 4 investigations · 2019–2023
Identity
1266591
WDJ4075
1377414
Flag
UNITED STATES
367774160
Maury page id
psix-1377414
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded4
Years with a record
8 calendar years (2018–2025)
The 21 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)153.6 ft × 50.0 ft × 11.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 1,259 / net 377
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)153.6 ft × 50.0 ft × 11.5 ft
ITC tonnagegross 1,259 / net 377
BuilderC & C MARINE AND REPAIR LLC · BELLE CHASSE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2017
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portST LOUIS, MO
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 22 November 2025 · expires 31 December 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 it1259 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
377 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
377 - 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
WDJ4075MMSI 367774160 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 22 February 2017, expires 22 February 2027
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.
SCF 2214 Freight Barge · MISLE 596542 · 16 October 2022 · activity 7580445SCF 14152B Freight Barge · MISLE 1277613 · 29 July 2020 · activity 7019106DIANNA LYNN Towing Vessel · MISLE 1379461 · 29 July 2020 · activity 7019106Inspection history · 21
26 December 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8287438
26 December 2024
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8050983
8 July 2024
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7953035
4 June 2024
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7926857
18 March 2024
COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7874394
2 October 2023
Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7802079
4 April 2023
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7662370
2 April 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7671504
16 October 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7580445
21 July 2022
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7546398
30 June 2022
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7491701
18 June 2021
MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7229085
14 August 2020
Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7032705
3 August 2020
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7023270
29 July 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7019106
24 July 2020
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7015235
8 July 2020
Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7003124
7 June 2019
Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6706829
2 May 2019
Damage Survey · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6675958
1 May 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6888380
28 December 2018
Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6626021
Deficiency record · 9
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull - cracking
Issued 8 July 2024
Resolved
The vessel is built, equipped, and maintained to conform to the rules of a recognized classification society appropriate for the intended service and routes, but not classed; or The vessel has been both in satisfactory service insofar as structural adequacy is concerned and does not cause the structure of the vessel to be questioned by either the OCMI, or TPO engaged to perform an audit or survey. During normal operation, the vessel's port-side skin cooler intake was found to have a cracked weld, resulting in the space being flooded between weekly rounds.
Upon completion of current voyage, affect permanent repairs to the satisfaction of the TPO. In addition, perform regular checks of the space to limit/reduce future water ingress until repairs. Submit report to issuing officer once received.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 18 June 2021
Resolved
At least two lifebuoys on a towing vessel greater than 26 feet must be fitted with and approved floating electric water light. Repair or replace floating electric water light.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 18 June 2021
Resolved
Stowage positions for lifejackets must be marked. Mark all lifejacket stowage locations with minimum quantity.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Ballast, fuel and other tanks
Issued 18 June 2021
Resolved
During inspection a small fracture was located in the potable water tank. Permanently repair potable water tank at next required dry dock.
14 - Pollution Prevention › 141 - MARPOL Annex I › Pumping, piping and discharge arrangements
Issued 18 June 2021
Resolved
No person my operate a non-oceangoing ship of 100 gross tons unless the ship has at least one pump installed to discharge oily mixtures through a fixed piping system to a reception facility. Install a pump to discharge oily mixtures through the fixed piping system at next drydock.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 3 August 2020
Resolved
Center main experinced a loss of propulsion.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Automatic Identification System (AIS)
Issued 2 May 2019
Resolved
Make permanent repairs to vessel's AIS transmitter and verify satisfactory functionality.
14 - Pollution Prevention › 141 - MARPOL Annex I › Pumping, piping and discharge arrangements
Issued 2 May 2019
Resolved
Transfer Procedures - Piping diagram for vessel's oil transfer and distribution system is illegible. Provide legible piping diagram for vessels fuel/oil systems.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Ballast, fuel and other tanks
Issued 2 May 2019
Resolved
Vessel is not in compliance with [name withheld] reporting requirements. Vessel carries water in ballast tanks and transits across several COTP Zones/ports and is therefore required to report ballast water to NBIC no later than 6 hours after arrival or prior to departure from port or place of destination, whichever is earlier.
Casualty record · 4
1 May 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at EADS BRIDGE · activity 6888380
29 July 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7019106
16 October 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7580445
2 April 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7671504
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
SCF EXPLORER (2019–2023). 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.