EMS 528

Tank Barge · Barge class · Built 2020s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

EMS 528 is a 2023 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2023, most recently in July 2025, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2026.

Records from 2023 to 2026. Most recent: casualty investigation, 12 June 2026.

Built: 2023
Last inspected: 7 July 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 2
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2026

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 7 July 2025

Recorded inspections2

…physical examinations2

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2023–2025)

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 2023 and 2025, and no deficiencies were written. This vessel does not appear elsewhere in the 1972–2026 record for its class. An absent record is not evidence of compliance, and it is not evidence of a problem — it is the absence of a record.

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

1331485

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1759928

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1759928

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

BuilderWEST GULF MARINE · GALVESTON, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2023

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 16 April 2026 · expires 30 April 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.

Vessel history report

A report is not offered for this hull. It has no inspection history to report. A report is offered only when the record carries six or more inspections, a deficiency, or an operational control. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 2

7 July 2025 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8178946

8 February 2023 Deficiency Check · COI Inspection · Damage Survey · Examination of Repairs · Construction Oversight · Deadweight Survey · Spot Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7633547

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 1

12 June 2026Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 8468117

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.