MACKENZIE HOPE

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

MACKENZIE HOPE is a 2016 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 2017, most recently in June 2026, along with 2 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2023 and 2026.

Records from 2017 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 13 June 2026.

Built: 2016
Last inspected: 13 June 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2023–2026
Inspected with: 6 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 13 June 2026

Recorded inspections15

…physical examinations6

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded5

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2017–2026)

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

1272328

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WDJ2187

1413137

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1413137

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)80.6 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 279 / net 226

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)80.6 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 334 / net 100

BuilderJOHN BLUDWORTH SHIPYARD LLC · CORPUS CHRISTI · built 2016

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portHOUSTON, TX

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 4 September 2025 · expires 31 October 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 it100 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
226 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
334 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
279 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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 · 6

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.

CHEM 724 Tank Barge · MISLE 1182508 · 13 June 2026 · activity 8437956 GM 3008 Tank Barge · MISLE 908503 · 27 May 2025 · activity 8144713 GM 3012 Tank Barge · MISLE 948849 · 27 May 2025 · activity 8144713 ST PADRE PIO Towing Vessel · MISLE 949544 · 28 May 2023 · activity 7710067 LTD 11141 Freight Barge · MISLE 1126592 · 28 May 2023 · activity 7710067 GM 7003 Tank Barge · MISLE 1444776 · 28 May 2023 · activity 7710067

Inspection history · 15

13 June 2026 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Vessel Attendance

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8405012

13 June 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8437956

7 December 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8279269

27 May 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8144713

28 May 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7710067

3 April 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7661988

28 March 2023 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7659129

25 February 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7405425

23 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7294071

15 June 2021 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7225937

9 April 2021 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7171993

27 October 2020 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7085086

24 January 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6899859

21 October 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6565989

20 January 2017 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6074105

Deficiency record · 2

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 13 June 2026 Resolved

A vessel must be operated in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and in such manner as to afford protection against hazards to life, property, and the environment. MI received a call that the towing vessel was involved in a collision. Vessel must submit a TPO Report attesting to the seaworthiness of the vessel prior to movement.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 13 June 2026
Resolved 21 August 2026
Resolution: ABS attended vsl between 26JUN2026 & 21AUG2026 to verify crop and renew repairs to head log, bulwark, and tow knee. See "ABS Preliminary report MACKENZIE HOPE cn16269953" entered into Vessel Documents" dtd 21Aug2026 for additional information.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances

Issued 23 August 2021 Resolved

Vessel is required 2 fire hose stations on it's Certification of Inspection. Vessel reported damage, following a marine casualty, to #2 fire hose station causing it to be inoperable while the #1 fire hose station is operable. Make repairs to fire station #2 within 14 days to satisfaction of TPO: ABS. 46 CFR 140.650

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 6 September 2021
Resolved 26 August 2021
Resolution: Rec'd satisfactory TPO report

Casualty record · 3

28 May 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7710067

27 May 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8144713

13 June 2026Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8437956

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.