AI 518

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

AI 518 is a 1996 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 56 inspections since 1996, most recently in March 2026, along with 4 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2002 and 2020.

Records from 1996 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 9 March 2026.

Built: 1996
Last inspected: 9 March 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 56
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2002–2020
Inspected with: 6 other vessels

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 9 March 2026

Recorded inspections56

…physical examinations33

…administrative events11

…with no type recorded12

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 29 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

1041871

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439475

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-439475

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it1619 - Simplified, Gross Ton
1619 - Simplified, 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 · 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.

PAUL G BLAZER Towing Vessel · MISLE 292987 · 11 April 2020 · activity 6943529 IRENE E Towing Vessel · MISLE 200066 · 17 February 2016 · activity 5822618 AO 333 Tank Barge · MISLE 41262 · 10 December 2002 · activity 1717173 MISTER CHARLIE NEALE Towing Vessel · MISLE 472616 · 10 December 2002 · activity 1717173 AO S 214 Tank Barge · MISLE 50812 · 24 June 2002 · activity 1635537 AI 531 Tank Barge · MISLE 448909 · 24 June 2002 · activity 1635537

Inspection history · 56

9 March 2026 Cargo Tank Internal · COI Inspection · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8323156

22 April 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8148271

10 March 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8095868

4 April 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7889879

27 January 2021 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7128898

8 October 2020 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7074231

30 April 2020 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6946679

12 April 2020 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6938356

11 April 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6943529

6 September 2019 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6805602

20 August 2019 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6792416

4 October 2018 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6554703

26 June 2017 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6188155

1 September 2016 Drydock Exam · MTSA Verification · Cargo Tank Internal · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5989688

17 February 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5822618

14 October 2015 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5742663

26 February 2015 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5075350

29 July 2014 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4937626

6 August 2013 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4676904

9 August 2012 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4418832

3 October 2011 MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4160087

17 August 2010 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3826754

16 September 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3596244

21 August 2009 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3572731

2 September 2008 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3315913

5 November 2007 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3093552

8 November 2006 Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · Cargo Tank Internal · COI Inspection · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2817009

19 June 2006 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2685121

11 April 2006 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2622086

4 August 2005 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2451381

1 August 2005 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2447657

28 March 2005 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2321413

18 March 2005 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2320283

14 February 2005 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2292429

10 November 2004 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2238782

16 July 2004 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2137988

30 December 2003 Security Plan Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1984456

14 July 2003 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1846155

10 December 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1717173

10 December 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1717740

20 November 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1710953

17 September 2002 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1679343

24 June 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1635537

2 November 2001 Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 772034

18 September 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 476122

16 July 2001 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1073104

8 September 2000 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1460458

31 May 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 213021

27 August 1999 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 784101

15 July 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 487304

23 June 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 514839

31 December 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 135327

7 October 1998 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1424645

30 December 1997 Administrative

Administrative · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 782166

13 November 1997 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 785895

6 November 1996 Hull Examination · Initial Certification

Physical examination · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 857992

Deficiency record · 4

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull - cracking

Issued 12 April 2020 Resolved

Vessel was involved in an allision at lock and dam 25 causing damage to its starboard bow corner. Damage is a 1/4" by 18" fracture located on its weld seam approximately three feet above waterline. fracture is a horizontal fracture extending from its starboard corner to the log. Barge is permitted to proceed to Canton, MO Ayers terminal to offload cargo and then proceed to Wood River, IL for repairs. If condition or plans change, company shall notify the Coast Guard (Marine Inspections). Repairs shall be completed after offloading current cargo and prior to loading next cargo, and to the satisfaction of the attending Coast Guard marine inspector.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 6 May 2020
Resolution: The deficiency was cleared to the satisfaction of a CG Marine Inspector.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Holds and tanks safety

Issued 6 September 2019 Resolved

Port No. 3 sight glass was leaking vapor. The wiper blade post in the glass appeared loose.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 9 September 2019
Resolution: Vapor leak source was repaired.

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Cargo operation

Issued 6 September 2019 Resolved

Cargo system pressure gauge located at the cargo handling control station, was not clearly visible with respect to the pump controls.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 6 September 2019
Resolution: Gauge turned toward cargo pump engine operating station.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Gauges, thermometers, etc

Issued 6 September 2019 Resolved

Cargo pump engine gauge were partially detached and hanging loose.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 9 September 2019
Resolution: Gauges tested and/or replace, then remounted.

Casualty record · 3

10 December 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1717173

17 February 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 5822618

11 April 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6943529

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.