ART 976B

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

ART 976B is a 2000 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 31 inspections since 2000, most recently in May 2026, along with 3 deficiencies.

Records from 2000 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 4 May 2026.

Built: 2000
Last inspected: 4 May 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 31
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 78 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 Barge class in Maury's sources begin in 1972.

Inspection record

Last inspected 4 May 2026

Recorded inspections31

…physical examinations25

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 19 calendar years (2000–2026)

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

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508158

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UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-508158

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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Inspected as a tow unit · 78

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 · 31

4 May 2026 COI Inspection · MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8361490

9 March 2021 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · Drydock Exam · MTSA Verification · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7152819

15 October 2019 Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6834774

27 September 2018 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6568148

21 August 2017 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6242595

1 May 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6136504

28 April 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6134496

28 April 2017 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6134670

7 February 2017 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6087549

25 September 2015 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5731732

16 December 2014 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5037758

3 April 2014 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5041095

3 December 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4527773

12 February 2012 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4259923

25 January 2010 Cargo Tank Internal · Drydock Exam · COI Inspection · MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3668085

1 May 2009 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3465356

11 April 2008 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3172145

12 March 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3163300

28 April 2007 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2924071

28 September 2006 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2788880

9 February 2006 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2896179

28 February 2005 Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MIDET HARVEY CANAL DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2300422

9 June 2004 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · MIDET WEST DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2093153

30 December 2003 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · MIDET WEST DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1988616

2 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1958049

19 August 2003 Damage Survey

Physical examination · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1881108

28 February 2003 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1751885

17 May 2002 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MIDET WEST DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1617822

26 April 2001 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1063585

12 April 2001 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1379369

15 March 2000 Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight · Hull Examination · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1432290

Deficiency record · 3

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 25 October 2019 Resolved

Scantlings, material, and workmanship shall be at least equivalent to the requirements of ABS or other recognized classification society. During ISE, pinholes were found in stern approximately 5 feet from waterline, as well as several other broken welds and one structural member (vertical channel) identified for repair. Vessel intends to transit to NOLA OCMI zone to surrender COI. Vessel is currently empty, clean, and gas-free and temporary repairs have been made to stern shell plate. No cargo operations are authorized.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 2 April 2021

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell

Issued 28 April 2017 Resolved

Vessel sustained 5' x 3" inset in the #2 port void duck gunwale. Damage to adjacent side shell framing unknown due to location of hatch opening for visual inspection by attending [name withheld] may offload in Houston and must then complete damage assessment.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 28 April 2017
Resolved 21 August 2017
Resolution: Conducted Repair check at Zito Repair. Conducted sat air test of STBD #4 and #5 W/V Side plate, deck plate and knuckle plate. Test Sat

Construction/Loadline

Issued 12 April 2001 Resolved

Replace gaskets on #1 stbd wing void hatch and on #5 port wing void hatch cover.

Condition: Unknown
Due 12 April 2001
Resolved 12 April 2001

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.