POINT CLEAR

Towing Vessel · Built 1990s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

POINT CLEAR is a 1999 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2006, most recently in March 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 6 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2019.

Records from 2006 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 27 March 2026.

Built: 1999
Last inspected: 27 March 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 6 investigations · 2006–2019
Inspected with: 10 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 Towing Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Inspection record

Last inspected 27 March 2026

Recorded inspections17

…physical examinations4

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded8

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 13 calendar years (2006–2026)

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

1078621

8972948

WDB6128

491887

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-491887

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)98.5 ft × 36.0 ft × 17.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 266 / net 181

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)98.5 ft × 36.0 ft × 17.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 374 / net 112

BuilderTHOMA-SEA BOAT BUILDERS · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1999

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 22 July 2026 · expires 31 August 2027

Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel

Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it374 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
266 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
112 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
181 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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

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

Every recorded inspection, 1980 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 · 10

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.

NED FERRY Towing Vessel · MISLE 76011 · 16 June 2019 · activity 6721186 DANK SILVER Tank Ship · MISLE 1429960 · 16 June 2019 · activity 6721186 KUN PENG Tank Ship · MISLE 744349 · 21 February 2016 · activity 6091887 LADY OF GUADALUPE Towing Vessel · MISLE 930844 · 21 February 2016 · activity 6091887 KIRBY 30047T Tank Barge · MISLE 1278526 · 21 February 2016 · activity 6091887 RENA MARIE Towing Vessel · MISLE 1327828 · 21 February 2016 · activity 6091887 GEN. OGLETHORPE EX USCGC OJIBWA (WYTM 97) Towing Vessel · MISLE 205664 · 5 March 2013 · activity 4545115 GULFSTREAM Tank Barge · MISLE 48626 · 21 November 2008 · activity 3372246 MARLIN Towing Vessel · MISLE 131186 · 21 November 2008 · activity 3372246 NEW ORLEANS Towing Vessel · MISLE 476080 · 8 April 2006 · activity 2686309

Inspection history · 17

27 March 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8333030

24 November 2025 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8267422

15 July 2025 Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8257565

30 May 2023 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7685297

12 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7284454

30 November 2020 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7103447

15 November 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7095741

20 April 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6944862

16 June 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6721186

3 September 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6275173

21 February 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6091887

15 March 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4549554

5 March 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4545115

16 November 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4488068

9 March 2010 Administration · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3694041

21 November 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3372246

8 April 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2686309

Deficiency record · 1

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 15 November 2020 Resolved

(a) Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operations of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. Vsl suffered "temporary loss of stbd Z drive" at MM 161 and safely transited to MM 175 Cooper Consolidated facility on port engine in order for divers to investigate cause and scope of damage. Vsl shall provide diver report, tech report, and TPO report as applicable attesting to the cause/repair, and SAT operational test to the Coast Guard and receive approval from the Coast Guard prior to movement.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 15 November 2020
Resolution: Provided TPO/ABS report, diver report, tech report/operations test.

Casualty record · 6

8 April 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 2686309

21 November 2008Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 3372246

16 November 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4488068

5 March 2013Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · 1 dead · activity 4545115

21 February 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 6091887

16 June 2019Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 6721186

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.