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VBT 9601

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named VBT 9601 · HEARTLAND BARGE MANAGEMENT operator of record, 2023

VBT 9601 is a 1996 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2010, most recently in July 2021, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2021.

Records from 2010 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 23 July 2021.

Built: 1996
Last inspected: 23 July 2021
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 2
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2021
Inspected with: 9 other vessels

Identity

1044118

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442643

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-442643

Inspections, by type

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2010–2021)

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 2010 and 2021, 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.

The 2 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 5 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)195.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 13.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 745 / net 745

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMCDERMOTT INCORPORATED · AMELIA LA, UNITED STATES · built 1996

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNASHVILLE, TN

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 4 May 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 it745 - Simplified, Net Ton
745 - Simplified, Gross Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 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.

Radio station licence

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

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. Reports.

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.

Inspection history · 2

23 July 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7265418

29 November 2010 Load Line/Change of Employment

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 3900450

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 · 1

23 July 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7265418

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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. 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.