ART 973B

Tank Barge · Barge class · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

ART 973B is a 2000 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 29 inspections since 2000, most recently in April 2025, along with 4 deficiencies.

Records from 2000 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 3 April 2025.

Built: 2000
Last inspected: 3 April 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 29
Deficiencies: 4 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 3 April 2025

Recorded inspections29

…physical examinations26

…administrative events3

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 22 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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508155

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UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-508155

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 · 29

3 April 2025 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8104502

18 July 2024 MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7948114

8 March 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7410046

17 July 2020 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7014932

2 July 2019 MTSA Verification · Cargo Tank Internal · Drydock Exam · COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6733589

22 June 2018 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6475508

18 October 2017 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6289696

11 January 2017 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6069594

30 July 2015 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5215893

15 September 2014 Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4980555

11 September 2013 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4858817

5 October 2012 Administrative Inspection · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4458042

8 November 2011 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4203097

13 December 2010 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3976547

25 September 2009 MTSA Verification · Cargo Tank Internal · Hull Examination · COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3599737

21 August 2008 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3305033

17 December 2007 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3116965

12 January 2007 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2860005

20 December 2005 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2569478

18 October 2004 MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MIDET WEST DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2222953

30 December 2003 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · MIDET WEST DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1988591

9 December 2003 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · MIDET WEST DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1960768

2 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1958045

4 September 2003 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1896920

16 May 2003 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1794926

29 May 2002 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1622745

16 January 2002 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1478465

18 January 2001 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1454879

23 February 2000 Hull Examination · Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1424866

Deficiency record · 4

Deck/Cargo › Cargo Transfer/Lightering (liquid) › Piping

Issued 18 October 2004 Resolved

Complete the Required Hydro Testing of the Cargo Piping prior to any cargo operations.

Condition: Unknown
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 19 November 2004
Resolved 19 October 2004

Deck/Cargo › Cargo Heating › General

Issued 18 October 2004 Resolved

Prior to using the Steam Heating Coils, complete repairs to the valves for the system.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 19 November 2004
Resolved 19 October 2004

Deck/Cargo › Cargo Stowage › General

Issued 18 October 2004 Resolved

Prior to loading any cargo make repairs to the rising stick indicators.

Condition: Unknown
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 19 November 2004
Resolved 19 October 2004

Deck/Cargo › Cargo Transfer/Lightering (liquid) › Piping

Issued 4 September 2003 Resolved

Grind out and reweld piping on the underneathe side of the 2 inch piping between the elbow and the cargo header.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Due 4 September 2003
Resolved 4 September 2003
Resolution: Pressure tested piping, all sat.

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.