BULWARK II is a 1976 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 34 inspections since 1991, most recently in November 2021, along with 2 deficiencies — 1 with no resolution recorded —, 1 operational control and 3 casualty investigations between 2010 and 2016.
Records from 1991 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 24 November 2021.
This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 5 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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.
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
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Tonnage as PSIX records it538 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton 199 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 161 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton 135 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.
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.
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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.
Inspection for certification must be scheduled within 90 days.
20JUL2022:
All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have onboard a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel has not scheduled an inspection or obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection immediately and the vessel may no longer be permitted to operate.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 28 December 2021 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
All owners or managing operators of only one existing towing vessel required to have COI by this subchapter are required to have a COI by this subchapter onboard, valid COI by July 20, 2020. 46CFR136.202(b). Vsl does not have valid COI, vsl is transiting to Panama or Nicaragua to enter service down there.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 17 June 2021
Resolved 30 September 2021
Resolution: Replaced 705c with Code 60c.
25 October 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 3882510
10 June 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4040973
2 February 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5817789
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.
Recorded names · 1
BULWARK (2010–2016). 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.