ART 968B

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

ART 968B is a 1999 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 30 inspections since 2000, most recently in July 2025, along with 5 deficiencies.

Records from 2000 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 28 July 2025.

Built: 1999
Last inspected: 28 July 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 30
Deficiencies: 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 28 July 2025

Recorded inspections30

…physical examinations27

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 17 calendar years (2000–2025)

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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508147

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UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-508147

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it706 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
706 - 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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Inspection history · 30

28 July 2025 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8187251

25 March 2025 COI Inspection · MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8099296

30 March 2020 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6933150

10 March 2020 Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · COI Inspection · Drydock Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6916833

23 May 2017 MTSA Verification · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6153097

31 March 2017 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6168883

18 August 2016 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5982064

18 May 2015 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5132028

14 March 2014 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4816447

22 January 2014 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4859381

2 October 2012 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4456204

16 September 2011 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4146728

30 September 2010 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3873517

2 July 2009 MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · COI Inspection · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3514394

14 November 2008 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3363260

6 November 2007 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3098146

15 September 2006 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2776506

4 March 2006 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2603865

29 October 2004 Periodic Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MIDET WEST DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2229821

29 October 2004 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · MIDET WEST DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2243357

23 March 2004 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · MIDET WEST DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2029698

30 December 2003 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · MIDET WEST DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1988512

2 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1958036

15 January 2003 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1730666

28 December 2001 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MIDET WEST DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1474241

22 February 2001 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1430983

9 February 2000 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 815617

4 February 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 77979

4 February 2000 Damage Survey

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1046521

4 January 2000 Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight · Hull Examination · Initial Certification

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1401154

Deficiency record · 5

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)

Issued 30 March 2020 Resolved

Hull Structure shall comply with the applicable standards of the American Bureau of Shipping or other recognized classification society. Repair as original pinhole in bulkhead between #1 cargo tank and bow void. Repairs must be completed to the satisfaction of attending Marine Inspector prior to loading cargo.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 7 April 2020
Resolution: Repairs completed to satisfaction of USCG.

Documentation › Markings/Placards › Oil Discharge Placard

Issued 23 May 2017 Resolved

Required placard not posted on vessel.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 23 June 2017
Resolved 23 May 2017
Resolution: Required placards properly posted.

Documentation › Manuals/Policy Documentation › Transfer Procedures

Issued 23 May 2017 Resolved

Oil transfer procedures did not contain cargo information for last cargo carried (coconut oil); nor were there any documents on board vessel which required cargo information could be derived (i.e. MSDS).

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 23 May 2017
Resolved 23 May 2017
Resolution: Cargo information placed on board vessel for last cargo carried.

Documentation › Certificates/Documents › Certificate of Inspection

Issued 23 May 2017 Resolved

Failure to make vessel available for periodic inspection within required time frame (90 before or after 2nd (28MAR2015) or 3rd (28MAR2016) COI anniversary date).

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 23 May 2017
Resolved 23 May 2017
Resolution: Vessel made available for periodic inspection.

Construction/Loadline

Issued 4 February 2000 Resolved

GAUGE AND REWELD THE FOLLOWING WELDS TO THE FOLLOWING EXTERNAL STIFFNERS ONTHE PORTSIDE AT THE TURN OF THE TOP OF THE CARGO TANK; #1, #4, AND #13.

Condition: Unknown
Due 4 March 2000
Resolved 9 February 2000

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.