168

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1980s · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW)

168 is a 1981 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2005, most recently in August 2022, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2005 and 2022.

Records from 2005 to 2022. Most recent: inspection, 14 August 2022.

Built: 1981
Last inspected: 14 August 2022
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: 2 investigations · 2005–2022
Inspected with: 6 other vessels

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 4 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 Barge class in Maury's sources begin in 1972.

Inspection record

Last inspected 14 August 2022

Recorded inspections2

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2005–2022)

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 2005 and 2022, 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

637908

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199251

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-199251

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)273.0 ft × 42.0 ft × 16.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 2,429 / net 2,429

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderZIDELL EXPLORATIONS INC · PORTLAND, OR, UNITED STATES · built 1981

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portPORTLAND, OR

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 6 August 2025 · expires 31 August 2026

Service, as the file records itFreight Barge

Hull formbarge (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it2429 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
2429 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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.

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.

551 Tank Barge · MISLE 44412 · 14 August 2022 · activity 7533370 91 Freight Barge · MISLE 454652 · 14 August 2022 · activity 7533370 CROWN POINT Towing Vessel · MISLE 1294895 · 14 August 2022 · activity 7533370 NEW DAWN Tank Barge · MISLE 51368 · 2 January 2005 · activity 2270003 DEFIANCE Towing Vessel · MISLE 153779 · 2 January 2005 · activity 2270003 709 Freight Barge · MISLE 205935 · 2 January 2005 · activity 2270003

Inspection history · 2

14 August 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7533370

2 January 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2270003

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 · 2

2 January 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2270003

14 August 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 7533370

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.