Records from 2001 to 2023. Most recent: inspection, 31 January 2023.
Inspection history · 9
31 January 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7629908
19 November 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7098779
25 July 2019
In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6762119
8 November 2017
Industry Initiated Exam · Administration · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6293455
10 November 2015
Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5751277
13 February 2012
DAPI Audit
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4272460
18 May 2010
Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3741134
1 May 2003
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1789845
13 April 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 116856
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 25 July 2019
No resolution recorded
Vessel operates at night. Work vests on board were not equipped with lights that meet 46 CFR 141.340(a)
46 CFR 141.430(a)
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Navigation records
Issued 25 July 2019
No resolution recorded
The officer in charge of a navigational watch must conduct a navigation assessment prior to getting underway. A navigation assessment entry must be recorded in the TVR, official logbook, or TSMS (as applicable). Vessel logbook shows vessel was underway on 22JUN19 and no record of navigation assessment for the voyage could be produced. Provide copies of past and future navigation assessments. 46 CFR 140.635(d)
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 24 August 2019 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 25 July 2019
No resolution recorded
Lifejackets must be readily accessible while on board. observed one required lifejacket to be partially concealed and blocked by other gear. Properly stow lifejackets so that they are readily accessible. 46 CFR 141.340(d)
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Water, pipes, tanks
Issued 25 July 2019
Resolved
Machinery and fuel tank spaces must be separated from accommodation spaces by bulkheads. A missing bunk light was covered by duct tape with a note that read "Diesel fumes enter the cabin through the wall right here". Prove to the attending marine inspector that no diesel fumes from adjacent (underneath) fuel tank is not entering accommodations. 46 CFR 144.410
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 19 August 2019
Resolution: INTERIOR BULKHEAD WAS REMOVED REVEALING WASTAGE THROUGH THE DECK PLATING INTO THE FUEL TANK AND THE ENGINEROOM. A SEPERATE DEF WAS WRITTEN TO MAKE PERMANENT REPAIRS.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Electrical devices
Issued 25 July 2019
No resolution recorded
Electrical components that pose an electrical hazard must be in an enclosure. The wires for the missing bunk light are not in an enclosure. Provide appropriate enclosure. 46 CFR 143.400(g)
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 25 July 2019
No resolution recorded
Vessel is not equipped with oily water separator equipment or oil content meter but is pumping engine room bilge water w/ potential oil residue over the side through an automatic pump. Oily waste water may not be discharged into the navigable waters unless in an emergency or through approved OWS. 33 CFR 151.10(b)
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 25 July 2019
No resolution recorded
Each towing vessel must be maintained and operated so as to minimize fire hazards and to ensure bilges and void void spaces are kept free from accumulation of combustible and flammable materials and liquids insofar as practicable. The following was found: 1. Accumulation of oil and oil soaked sorbent pads in the bilge. 2. Excessive oil leaks on Main Diesel Engine. 3. Oil dripping from ship service generator air intake into the generator winding. Clean bilges, generator windings and engine oil leaks to be rectified to the satisfaction of the marine inspector. 46 CFR 142.220
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Water, pipes, tanks
Issued 25 July 2019
No resolution recorded
MACHINERY AND FUEL TANK SPACES MUST BE SEPERATED FROM ACCOMMODATION SPACES BY BULKHEADS. THE DECK SEPERATING THE DIESEL FUEL TANK AND THE ACCOMMODATION AND THE SAME DECK SEPERATING THE MACHINERY SPACE FROM THE ACCOMMODATION WAS FOUND TO BE WASTED THROUGH AND NOT PROVIDING ADEQUATE SEPARATION. MAKE PERMANENT REPAIRS TO THE SATISFACTION OF ATTENDING MARINE INSPECTOR. 46 CFR 144.410
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure