Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 21 May 2025.
Inspection history · 24
21 May 2025
Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8141161
21 May 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8157095
29 January 2025
Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8072223
19 November 2024
Deficiency Check · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8036302
4 October 2023
Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7802630
29 August 2022
Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7542858
15 June 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7478200
9 June 2022
Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7472568
12 January 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7379380
4 May 2021
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7179337
24 August 2020
Administrative Inspection · Periodic Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7041664
12 July 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7004242
27 January 2020
Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6897316
14 January 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6889070
14 January 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6889245
7 December 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6872506
18 May 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6762737
15 April 2019
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6662976
4 April 2019
Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6659948
18 September 2018
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6548640
13 August 2018
Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6506849
27 July 2017
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6222316
11 May 2017
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6156456
6 July 2016
Administrative Inspection · Inclining Experiment · Construction Oversight
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6103864
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 3 February 2025
Resolved
Each vessel must carry lifebuoys approved under approval series 160.050. Two (02) lifebuoys had worn out seals and no longer serviceable. One (01) lifebuoy needed SOLAS retro-reflective tape to be affixed and (01) one needed the tape to be replaced.
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 5 February 2025
Resolution: New Lifebouys, marked and stowed properly.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 3 February 2025
Resolved
Each vessel must carry not less than 12 rocket parachute flares. The vessel had only 6 rocket parachute flares.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 5 February 2025
Resolution: 12 Parachute Flairs counted.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches
Issued 3 February 2025
Resolved
Emergency power source must have sufficient capacity to supply those services that are necessary for the safety of persons in an emergency. Several emergency lights were extinguished in the main generator space.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 5 February 2025
Resolution: Corrected ER emergency lighting.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Gauges, thermometers, etc
Issued 3 February 2025
Resolved
Equipment must be maintained in good and serviceable condition. The pressure-indicating gage on the air receiver in the main generator space was reading that it was pressurized event though it was not; replaced gage.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 3 February 2025
Resolution: Replaced gage on the spot.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general
Issued 3 February 2025
Resolved
Non-conducting deck coverings, such as non-conducting mats or gratings, suitable for the specific switchboard voltage must be installed for personnel protection at the front and rear of the switchboard and must extend the entire length of, and be of sufficient width to suit, the operating space. A switchboard in the main generator space lacked non-conductive Mat behind where it is accessible. A switchboard in the forward engine room lacked a non conductive mat placed on the deck in front.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 3 February 2025
Resolution: Crew placed non-conductive mat at each of the switchboards.
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Manholes/flush scuttles
Issued 3 February 2025
Resolved
Manholes and flush scuttles within superstructures shall be closed by substantial covers capable of being made watertight. Escape hatch in main generator space was not watertight as light was coming through a one-inch gap.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 3 February 2025
Resolution: Corrected the gasket on the manhole cover.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 4 October 2023
Resolved
Each vessel must carry not less than 12 rocket parachute flares approved under approval series 160.136. All parachute flares on the bridge were expired.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 5 October 2023
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 4 October 2023
Resolved
The fire extinguishing equipment is in satisfactory condition and fit for the service for which it is intended and that it complies with the applicable regulations for such vessel. Mounting bracket wasted and broken on portable fire extinguisher on port side of generator space.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 9 October 2023
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › VHF EPIRB
Issued 4 October 2023
Resolved
Each item of survival equipment with an expiration date and used in an item of survival equipment must be replaced during the annual inspection if the expiration date has passed. Hydrostatic release unit on EPIRB did not show expiration date; replace or mark according to date of install.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 16 October 2023
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 4 October 2023
Resolved
Each lifebuoy must be marked in block capital letters
with the name of the vessel and the name of the port
required to be marked on the stern of the vessel.
Vessel name was unreadable on lifebuoys.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 9 October 2023
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Life Saving Appliances
Issued 29 August 2022
Resolved
Each battery marked with an expiration date must be replaced if the expiration date has passed.
Batteries installed in self-igniting float lights are expired.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 29 September 2022
Resolved 1 September 2022
Resolution: Self-igninting lights replaced.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Life Saving Appliances
Issued 29 August 2022
Resolved
Each lifesaving appliance must be in working order and ready for immediate use.
Life buoys have faded retro-reflective material (tape).
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 29 September 2022
Resolved 13 September 2022
Resolution: Rcvd proof of life ring and light replacement.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Protection machines/parts
Issued 29 August 2022
Resolved
Relief valves on pressure vessels shall be set to relieve at a pressure which does not exceed the maximum allowable working pressure (MAWP).
Relief valves on both pressure vessel are set above the MAWP.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 29 September 2022
Resolved 1 September 2022
Resolution: Relief valves set to MAWP of the pressure vessel
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Lighting (Working spaces)
Issued 29 August 2022
Resolved
Emergency lighting must be installed in machinery spaces to allow crew to find their way to open decks.
Emergency light in the technical space does not work.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 29 September 2022
Resolved 6 September 2022
Resolution: New emergency light installed.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches
Issued 4 May 2021
Resolved
Each muster station and embarkation station must be adequately illuminated by lighting with power supplied from the vessel's emergency source of electrical power.
Marine Inspectors identified no emergency lighting at the muster station.
Vessel will install emergency lighting to the satisfaction of attending Marine Inspector.
46 CFR 199.110(c)
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 3 June 2021
Resolved 8 December 2021
Resolution: Received pictures from vsl rep showing newly installed emergency lights for this location.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches
Issued 4 May 2021
Resolved
Lighting for passageways, stairways, and escape trunks in passenger quarters, crew quarters, public spaces, machinery spaces sufficient to allow passengers and crew to find their way to open decks and to survival craft, muster stations, and embarkation stations with all watertight doors and fire doors closed.
MIs identified no emergency lighting installed withing crew quarters.
Vessel will install emergency lighting to the satisfaction of attending Marine Inspector.
46 CFR 112.15-1(c)
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 3 June 2021
Resolved 8 December 2021
Resolution: Received pictures from vsl rep showing newly installed emergency lights for this location.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches
Issued 4 May 2021
Resolved
Lighting for passageways, stairways, and escape trucnks in passengers quarters, crew quarters, public spaces, machinery spaces sufficient to allow passengers and crew to find thier way to opend decks and to survival craft, mister stations, and embarkation stations with all watertight doors and fire doors closed.
Marine Inspectors identified no emergency lighting installed within aft machinery space at the ladder egress.
Vessel will install emergency lighting to the satisfaction of attending Marine Inspector.
46 CFR 112.15-1(c)
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 3 June 2021
Resolved 8 December 2021
Resolution: Received pictures from vsl rep showing newly installed emergency lights for this location.
14 - Pollution Prevention › 141 - MARPOL Annex I › 15 PPM Alarm arrangements
Issued 4 May 2021
Resolved
No person may operate an oceangoing ship of 400 gross tons and above but less than 10,000 gross tons, excluding a ship that carries ballast water in its fuel oil tanks, unless fitted with approved 15 ppm oily-water separating equipment for the processing of oily mixtures from bilges or fuel oil ballast tank.
Marine Inspectors identified vessel crew unable to conduct satisfactory operational test of oily-water separator or provide manufacturers testing instructions.
Vessel will provide manufacturers instructions for operational tests, and evidence of satisfactory operational test.
33 CFR 155.360(a)(1)
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 3 June 2021
Resolved 12 May 2021
Resolution: Received email with OWS instructions attached and video of a satisfactory test being run.
14 - Pollution Prevention › 141 - MARPOL Annex I › Control of discharge
Issued 31 August 2020
Resolved
01-14101-Transfer procedures required by 33CFR155.720. Barge transfer procedures incomplete.-33CFR155.720.-
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 14 September 2020
Resolved 13 September 2020