ART 954B

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

ART 954B is a 1996 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 36 inspections since 1996, most recently in July 2026, along with 4 deficiencies.

Records from 1996 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 17 July 2026.

Built: 1996
Last inspected: 17 July 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 36
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

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 17 July 2026

Recorded inspections36

…physical examinations28

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 23 calendar years (1996–2026)

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

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433628

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UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-433628

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it705 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
705 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.

Vessel history report

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 1972 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 1

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.

JOHN H. MACMILLAN, JR. Towing Vessel · MISLE 84165 · 26 June 2007 · activity 2974408

Inspection history · 36

17 July 2026 Plan Review (Other than "T") · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection · Drydock Exam · Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8406950

28 February 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7871496

5 March 2021 Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7139956

19 September 2019 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6816082

1 February 2019 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6618735

9 January 2018 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6367282

4 February 2016 Cargo Tank Internal · MTSA Verification · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5807937

6 March 2015 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5080995

3 June 2014 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4878226

28 April 2014 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4846506

31 March 2014 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4825964

30 April 2012 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4298935

30 April 2010 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3737225

8 May 2009 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3470169

2 April 2009 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3445172

3 March 2009 Periodic Inspection · Damage Survey · MTSA/ISPS Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3426568

22 January 2008 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3138534

26 June 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2974408

1 May 2007 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2924111

9 February 2006 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · MTSA Verification · Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2562430

8 August 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2455958

27 April 2005 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MIDET HARVEY CANAL DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2343899

29 March 2005 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2322516

23 March 2004 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · MIDET WEST DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2029679

30 December 2003 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · MIDET WEST DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1985072

2 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1958022

10 July 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1843186

28 February 2003 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1750856

7 May 2002 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1613539

22 July 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 531188

5 February 2001 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1436508

9 December 1999 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1453691

5 March 1999 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO CHICAGO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 1413489

29 January 1998 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1416638

20 March 1997 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1437215

16 February 1996 Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight · Hull Examination · Initial Certification

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1455332

Deficiency record · 4

Engineering › Diesel Engine (auxiliary) › Piping (exhaust)

Issued 3 June 2014 Resolved

Permanently repair or replace the prime mover fractured exhaust pipe flex coupling next time the vessel is gas free or NLT 09Feb16 which is the next scheduled dry-dock date. Piping has been temporarily repaired with 3 inch wide stainless steel exhaust clamps.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 9 February 2016
Resolved 9 February 2016
Resolution: Exhaust has been repaired.

Engineering › Diesel Engine (auxiliary) › Piping (exhaust)

Issued 31 March 2014 Resolved

Properly repair or replace the prime mover exhaust piping flex coupling. The coupling is fractured just before it enters the muffler.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 3 June 2014
Resolved 3 June 2014

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell

Issued 4 March 2009 Resolved

TBSIP Homeport OCMI (New Orleans) notified about ARTCO 835 from TBSIP rep [name withheld] included 8" fracture near the stbd bow corner of the bow void, at approx. the 12' draft mark, above the waterline.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 15 April 2009
Resolved 4 April 2009
Resolution: Permanent repairs complete. Satisfactory air test observed by attending ARTCO TBSIP examiner [name withheld]

Deck/Cargo › Cargo Transfer/Lightering (liquid) › Emergency Shut-down

Issued 28 February 2003 Resolved

The cable for the emergency shut down was frozen. Ice had formed inside a 90 degree bend in the cable run. A gasket was determined to be the

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Due 28 February 2003
Resolved 28 February 2003
Resolution: Thawed out and the gasket was replaced.

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.