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HEAVY LIFT III
HEAVY LIFT III is a 1981 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 1995, most recently in February 2025, along with 34 deficiencies and 1 operational control.
Records from 1995 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 25 February 2025.
- Built
- 1981
- Last inspected
- 25 February 2025
- Documentation
- Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 34 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
Identity
644173
WDP9044
204508
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-204508
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.
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded4
Years with a record
8 calendar years (1995–2025)
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded.
The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by
the kind of activity 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.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)41.8 ft × 18.0 ft × 6.6 ft
Registered tonnagegross 44 / net 30
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderMAC'S WELDING SERVICE · MONTEGUT, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1981
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portOCEAN ISLE BEACH, NC
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004
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 it44 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
30 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
30 - 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.
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Inspection history · 11
25 February 2025
Initial Certification · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8084508
18 November 2024
Appeal
Administrative · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8040135
1 November 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8040063
24 October 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8036682
13 August 2024
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7980595
6 June 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7469972
9 April 2018
Administration · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6388863
20 February 2013
Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4530469
27 August 2012
Administration
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4423648
4 December 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 411065
23 May 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 655403
Deficiency record · 34
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Signs, indications
Issued 25 February 2025
Resolved
The master of each towing vessel must keep an accurate list of crewmembers and their assigned positions and responsibilities aboard the vessel. The emergency duties and duty stations required by this section must be posted at each operating station and in a conspicuous location in a space commonly visited by crewmembers; Update and post document onboard.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › VHF radio installation
Issued 25 February 2025
Resolved
Vessel must have FCC Bridge to Bridge Safety Certificate onboard.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)
Issued 25 February 2025
Resolved
The emergency duties and duty stations required by this section must be posted at each operating station and in a conspicuous location in a space commonly visited by crewmembers. Print vessel's Health and Safety Plan, have crew review and sign.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Voyage or passage plan
Issued 25 February 2025
Resolved
The officer in charge of a navigational watch must conduct a navigation assessment for the intended route and operations prior to getting underway; create Nav Assessment Checklist covering items in 46 CFR 140.635. Check list must be completed and signed by Master prior to getting underway
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Nautical publications
Issued 25 February 2025
Resolved
Place Light List, Coast Pilot and Tide Tables onboard.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Echo sounder
Issued 25 February 2025
Resolved
Towing vessels must be equipped with the following equipment, as applicable to the area of operation; fathometer or other means to measure water depth.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts
Issued 25 February 2025
Resolved
Properly mount liferaft and hydrostatic release unit.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 25 February 2025
Resolved
Replace batteries in water-light
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 25 February 2025
Resolved
Each towing vessel must perform the applicable tests in Table 143.245(b); pressure relief device on air receiver must be tested twice in five years
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 25 February 2025
Resolved
Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions; replace air start hose on port main engine
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery space openings
Issued 25 February 2025
Resolved
Decks and bulkheads designed to be watertight or weathertight must be maintained in that condition; add valve to clean bilge bulkhead penetration in aft engineroom bulkhead
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)
Issued 25 February 2025
Resolved
High bilge levels alarm Be visible and audible at each operating station. The alarm located at the operating station
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Marking of IMO number
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
The name of the vessel must be marked on some clearly visible exterior part of the port and starboard bow and the stern of the vessel. The hailing port of the vessel must be marked on some clearly visible exterior part of the stern of the vessel w/ legible letters at least 4" in height.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
Each watertight door and watertight hatch must be marked on both sides in clearly legible letters at least 25 millimeters (1 inch) high: “WATERTIGHT DOOR—KEEP CLOSED” or “WATERTIGHT HATCH—KEEP CLOSED”
Each escape hatch and emergency exit used as means of escape must be marked on both sides in clearly legible letters at least 50 millimeters (2 inches) high: “EMERGENCY EXIT, KEEP CLEAR”.
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Freeboard marks
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
Vessel's draft marks must be painted w/ colors which contrast the hull color; White will work for black hull.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
Employers must ensure that they and their crewmembers meet the requirements of PART 16
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › VHF radio installation
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
Vessel must have FCC Station License, FCC Radio Safety Cert and Bridge-to-Bridge Act Safety Certificate IAW 47 CFR Part 80
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
No later than July 22, 2019, the owner or managing operator must implement a health and safety plan. The health and safety plan must document compliance with this part and include recordkeeping procedures.(b) The owner, managing operator, or master must ensure that all persons on board a towing vessel comply with the health and safety plan.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Nautical publications
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
A towing vessel must carry adequate and up-to-date charts, maps, and nautical publications for the intended voyage, including:(1) Charts, including electronic charts acceptable to the Coast Guard, of appropriate scale to make safe navigation possible. (2) “U.S. Coast Pilot” or similar publication;(3) Coast Guard light list; Extracts or copies from the above publications may be carried, so long as they are applicable to the route.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
Each towing vessel must carry at least one appropriately-sized lifejacket; Each jacket must have a light aprvd under 161.012 or 112 and also must have a whistle firmly secured by a cord to the lifejacket.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
Towing vessel must carry 02 lifebouys located on opposite sides of vessel; Each LB must be marked in block capital letter w/ the name of the vessel. One LB must have a lifeline at least 60ft in length and at least 5/16" thick. Both LB's must be fitted with a floating electric water light approved under approval series 161.010 or 161.110. floating electric water light must have a lanyard of at least(3 feet) in length, but not more than 6 feet), securing the water light around the body of the lifebuoy.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
Vessel must carry 3 day and three night Visual Distress Signals "flares" Hand-held red flare distress signals, approved under approval series 160.021 or 160.121 are approved for both day and night signals. Flares must be stored in a portable watertight container carried at the operating station. Portable watertight containers for pyrotechnic distress signals must be of a bright color and must be clearly marked in legible contrasting letters at least(0.5 inches) high with “DISTRESS SIGNALS”
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
A towing vessel that is:(1) Certificated for lakes, bays, and sounds, less than 3 nautical miles from shore must must have an approved 160-B Semi-portable extinguisher to protect the engineroom or a fixed-fire extinguishing system installed to protect engineroom.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Fire protection systems
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
All portable fire extinguishers, semi-portable fire-extinguishing systems, fire-detection systems, and fixed fire-extinguishing systems, including ventilation, machinery shutdowns, and fixed fire-extinguishing system pressure-operated dampers on board the vessel, must be inspected or tested at least once every 12 months; vessel must have fire alarm system and portable extinguishers serviced by a NFPA licensed servicing agency.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
Paints, coatings, or other flammable or combustible products onboard a towing vessel must be stored in a designated storage room or cabinet when not in use; remove combustibles from Engineroom
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Manholes/flush scuttles
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
The master must ensure that all hatches, doors, and other openings designed to be watertight or weather-tight function properly; replace worn gaskets on watertight hatches.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
To stop the flow of fuel in the event of a fire or break in the fuel line, a remote fuel shutoff valve must be fitted on any fuel line that supplies fuel directly to a propulsion engine or generator prime mover; fuel shutoff is seized.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
Each towing vessel must carry the survival craft specified in Table 141.305 of this section, as appropriate for the towing vessel, in an aggregate capacity to accommodate the total number of individuals onboard.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
A towing vessel subject to this section must maintain a TVR. The TVR must include a chronological record of events as required by this subchapter. The TVR may be electronic or paper. Drills, Inspections and maintenance should be logged..
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Oil accumulation in engine room
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
All bilges and void spaces are kept free from accumulation of combustible and flammable materials and liquids insofar as practicable.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire-dampers
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
Means must be provided for stopping each fan in a ventilation system serving machinery spaces and for closing, in case of fire, each doorway, ventilator, and annular space around funnels and other openings into such spaces; provide closures for stacks and exhaust fan in engineroom
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery space openings
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
Decks and bulkheads designed to be watertight or weathertight must be maintained in that condition; ensure all penetrations are watertight.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 13 August 2024
Resolved
Electrical systems and equipment must function properly and minimize system failures and fire and shock hazards; properly terminate or remove dead-end wires throughout vessel
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 6 June 2022
Resolved
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.
Ownership record
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with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National
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