PVBL 81B

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

PVBL 81B is a 1997 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2020, most recently in March 2021, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2020 and 2021.

Records from 2020 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 20 March 2021.

Built: 1997
Last inspected: 20 March 2021
Documentation: No Operation - PM · 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 · 2020–2021
Inspected with: 3 other vessels

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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 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 20 March 2021

Recorded inspections2

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2020–2021)

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 2020 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.

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

1059512

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464889

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-464889

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)200.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 14.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 823 / net 823

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderTRINITY MARINE PRODUCTS · MADISONVILLE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1997

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationNo Operation - PM · issued 12 July 2019 · expires 30 June 2020

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 it823 - Simplified, Net Ton
823 - Simplified, Gross 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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Detail on this page

2 inspections, each with its date, unit and type; 3 vessels inspected with it, by name and date; 2 casualty investigations, with date and classification; the documentation record: dimensions, tonnage, builder, hailing port, endorsements, dates. The counts in the summary above are the same counts, and they are free.

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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 · 3

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.

COOPERATIVE SPIRIT Towing Vessel · MISLE 138371 · 20 March 2021 · activity 7160825 ART 35656B Freight Barge · MISLE 1166671 · 20 March 2021 · activity 7160825 CRIMSON DUKE Towing Vessel · MISLE 125020 · 14 April 2020 · activity 6941790

Inspection history · 2

20 March 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7160825

14 April 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6941790

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

14 April 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6941790

20 March 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7160825

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

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