MTC 278B

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

MTC 278B is a 1993 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2008, most recently in June 2020, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2008 and 2020.

Records from 2008 to 2020. Most recent: inspection, 8 June 2020.

Built: 1993
Last inspected: 8 June 2020
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 · 2008–2020
Inspected with: 9 other vessels

Identity

989828

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383233

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-383233

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 6 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.

Inspections, by type

Recorded inspections2

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2008–2020)

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 2008 and 2020, 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. 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)200.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 705 / net 705

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderJEFFBOAT INC · JEFFERSONVILLE, IN, UNITED STATES · built 1993

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 21 April 2026 · expires 31 May 2027

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 it705 - Simplified, Gross Ton
705 - 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.

Inspected as a tow unit · 9

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.

MTC 207B Freight Barge · MISLE 372302 · 8 June 2020 · activity 6999604 MTC 223B Freight Barge · MISLE 372321 · 8 June 2020 · activity 6999604 MTC 262B Freight Barge · MISLE 383215 · 8 June 2020 · activity 6999604 REDEEMER Towing Vessel · MISLE 768646 · 8 June 2020 · activity 6999604 MTC 0107 Freight Barge · MISLE 821841 · 8 June 2020 · activity 6999604 MTC 0178 Freight Barge · MISLE 1114122 · 8 June 2020 · activity 6999604 AGS 811B Freight Barge · MISLE 192707 · 16 January 2008 · activity 3132181 JACOB MICHAEL ECKSTEIN Towing Vessel · MISLE 232304 · 16 January 2008 · activity 3132181 CC 97128 Freight Barge · MISLE 458146 · 16 January 2008 · activity 3132181

Inspection history · 2

8 June 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6999604

16 January 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3132181

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

16 January 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3132181

8 June 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6999604

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.