Inspection history · 15
21 May 2026
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · USCG Heartland District (ocs) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8377874
21 May 2026
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · USCG Heartland District (ocs) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8377893
20 April 2026
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · USCG Heartland District (ocs) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8406739
13 June 2025
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Outer Continental Shelf National Center of Expertise · Activity 8158783
25 April 2025
Appeal
Administrative · USCG Heartland District (ocs) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8136685
7 February 2025
Appeal
Administrative · USCG Heartland District (ocs) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8136482
30 December 2024
In-Service Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Outer Continental Shelf National Center of Expertise · Activity 8136407
20 December 2024
Deficiency Check · COC-MODU Renew
Physical examination · Outer Continental Shelf National Center of Expertise · Activity 8050274
30 May 2019
COC-MODU Annual
Type not classified · USCG Heartland District (ocs) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6662842
19 April 2018
COC-MODU Renew
Type not classified · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6395827
19 August 2017
In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · USCG Heartland District · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6245251
2 May 2017
COC-MODU Annual
Type not classified · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6138111
1 March 2017
In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6101811
4 February 2017
In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · USCG Heartland District · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6082801
26 April 2016
COC-MODU Renew
Type not classified · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5913626
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances
Issued 23 December 2024
Resolved
Each lifesaving appliance must be in good working order and ready for immediate use at all times when the unit is in operation. Lifeboat 1 (starboard) was documented to have a defective hydrostatic release interlock cable on the annual servicing report. Cable and diaphragm were replaced by RMS/rig mechanic, but there was no documentation of testing after replacement. Provide documentation proving proper operation of the hydrostatic interlock system. Cites: 33 CFR 146.205(a), 46 CFR 109.301(a)
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 30 December 2024
Resolved 26 December 2024
Resolution: Video provided showing proper operation.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Evaluation, testing and approval
Issued 23 December 2024
Resolved
Each lifeboat on a unit must be approved under Subpart 160.035 of this chapter. Lifeboat 1 (stbd side, Behai 44-person) does not appear to be CG approved. Provide documentation showing that the installed lifeboat is CG approved under approval series 160.035 or 160.135 (newer/acceptable series). Cites: 33 CFR 143.207(a), 46 CFR 108.503(b) (old I-A), NVIC 4-78 3.d(8)
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 22 January 2025
Resolved 15 May 2025
Resolution: Lifeboat found to have been built as CG approved and not marked as such. CG-ENG-4 authorized marking as approved under 160.135/59/0. See AN 8136407 for details/addt'l information.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Evaluation, testing and approval
Issued 23 December 2024
Resolved
Each unit must have launching equipment for each lifeboat with gravity davits that are approved under subpart 160.032 of this chapter. Lifeboat 1 davit had no data plate present. Provide documentation showing that the installed davit is CG approved under approval series 160.032 or 160.132 (newer/acceptable series) with data plate attached to the davit. Cites: 33 CFR 143.207(a), 46 CFR 108.507(a)(2) (old I-A), NVIC 4-78 3.d(8)
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 22 January 2025
Resolved 21 June 2025
Resolution: Revised data plate attached showing CG type approval.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Evaluation, testing and approval
Issued 23 December 2024
Resolved
Each unit must have launching equipment for each lifeboat with a winch that is approved under subpart 160.015 of this chapter. Lifeboat 1 winch has no CG type approval listed on the attached data plate. Provide documentation showing that the installed lifeboat is CG approved under approval series 160.015 or 160.115 (newer/acceptable series). Cites: 33 CFR 143.207(a), 46 CFR 108.507(a)(3) (old I-A), NVIC 4-78 3.d(8)
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 22 January 2025
Resolved 21 June 2025
Resolution: Revised data plate attached showing CG type approval.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Evaluation, testing and approval
Issued 23 December 2024
Resolved
Each unit must have launching equipment for each lifeboat with mechanical disengaging apparatus [i.e., release gear/hooks] that is approved under subpart 160.033 of this chapter. Lifeboat 1 release gear has no CG type approval listed on the attached data plate. Provide documentation showing that the installed lifeboat is CG approved under approval series 160.033 or 160.133 (newer/acceptable series). Cites: 33 CFR 143.207(a), 46 CFR 108.507(a)(1) (old I-A), NVIC 4-78 3.d(8)
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 22 January 2025
Resolved 12 June 2025
Resolution: Hooks found to be built as CG approved. Revised data plates manufactured and attached.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances
Issued 23 December 2024
Resolved
Each lifesaving appliance must be in good working order and ready for immediate use at all times when the unit is in operation. Observed liferings tied to the rail preventing immediate availability for use. Corrected on the spot. Cites: 33 CFR 146.205(a), 46 CFR 109.301(a)
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 23 December 2024
Resolution: Tie-offs removed during exam.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Fire protection systems
Issued 23 December 2024
Resolved
The master or person in charge shall insure that each hand portable fire extinguisher, semi-portable fire extinguisher and fixed fire extinguishing system is tested and inspected at least once each twelve months. The latest annual servicing report documented discrepancies with no accompanying documentation that discrepancies had been corrected. Spot check revealed that some had been addressed. Provide documentation attesting to correction of discrepancies listed on the annual firefighting service report. Cites: 33 CFR 146.205(a), 46 CFR 109.223
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 6 January 2025
Resolved 24 December 2024
Resolution: Received documentation and attestation of correction by the OIM.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 23 December 2024
Resolved
Electrical equipment installed in Class I, division 1 and 2 locations, as defined in Subchapter I-A 108.170 must be of a suitable type and in good material condition. Observed exposed cable conductors at the cable gland for the center, forward overhead LED "explosion proof" light in the Mud Pit Room. Affect repairs to ensure cable gland and fixture terminations meet protection method and manufacturer requirements. Cites: 33 CFR 143.207(a), 46 CFR 108.170 (old I-A), NVIC 4-78 3.d(10)(b)
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 66 - Prior to drilling or production operations
Resolved 24 December 2024
Resolution: Received picture showing correction.
14 - Pollution Prevention › 144 - MARPOL Annex IV (Not Applicable to PSC Exams conducted in the U.S.) › Sewage treatment plant
Issued 23 December 2024
Resolved
All units must meet the provisions of 33 CFR Part 159, Coast Guard Marine Sanitation Devices [MSD] regulations. Installed MSD is CG approved, but was observed to be in "Off Mode" during the examination. Provide documentation attesting to proper operation/use of the MSD. Cites: 33 CFR 143.207(a), NVIC 4078 3.d(12), 33 CFR 159.7(a)
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 30 December 2024
Resolved 23 December 2024
Resolution: Received pictures showing the unit operating modes and parameters.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Oil record book
Issued 23 December 2024
Resolved
The Oil Record Book [ORB] Part I shall be completed on each occasion, on a tank-to-tank basis if appropriate, whenever any of the following machinery space operations take place in the ship: collection and disposal of oil residues (sludge) and bunkering of fuel or bulk lubricating oil. The ORB had no entries related to transfer of oil residues offboard for disposal nor bunkering of bulk lube oil to onboard tanks. Provide documentation attesting to crew training (both crews) for entries required to comply with MARPOL Annex I. Cite: MARPOL 73/78 I/17.2
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 22 January 2025
Resolved 15 January 2025
Resolution: Received pictures showing new/proper ORB entries related to lubricating oil.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Load Lines (including Exemption)
Issued 23 December 2024
Resolved
Coast Guard inspections of foreign units recognize valid international certificates accepted by the United States, including Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), Loadline, and Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) Code certificates for matters covered by the certificates, unless there are clear grounds for believing that the condition of the unit or its equipment does not correspond substantially with the particulars of the certificate. No international certificates (Load Line, IOPP, IAPP, Cert of Classification, LI MODU Cert, etc.) presented during the exam had annual endorsements. Electronically signed certificates are acceptable and were presented at the end of the exam. Corrected on the spot. Cite: 33 CFR 140.101(e)
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 23 December 2024
Resolution: Electronic copies of the MODU's certificates, with electronic endorsements, were provided by the OIM at completion of the exam and shortly before departure.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Cert for personnel on survival craft & rescue boat
Issued 23 December 2024
Resolved
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Condition: Invalid
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 23 December 2024
Resolution: All MMC holders signed their unsigned credentials and were instructed on the requirements for the credential to be signed in order to be valid.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Endorsement by flagstate
Issued 30 May 2019
Resolved
Crew members are missing medical cards, flag state endorsements matching MMCs and Lifeboatman endorsements.
STCW 2011 I/2, 5-10 & I/9.3
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 10 June 2019
Resolved 4 June 2019
Resolution: Provided required certification via email from Barge Supervisor, Chester Miller.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)
Issued 30 May 2019
Resolved
Bilge alarm in Pump Pit Room is not operational. Repair or replace. Route entry permits to check other bilge alarms in confined spaces.
46 CFR 107.305 (2)
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 1 July 2019
Resolved 4 June 2019
Resolution: Provided proof pictures of replaced bilge alarm system via email from Barge Supervisor, Chester Miller.
Lifesaving › Lifeboat › Self-contained Air Support System
Issued 19 April 2018
Resolved
Units which were constructed prior to 1 Oct 1996, must meet 46 CFR 108.525, or (ii) totally enclosed fire protected lifeboats. Current arrangement of air distribution system is 3 ea bottles at 2000psi with a max pressure of 2400psi. The placard states the system pressure is to be 2000psi. The operating instructions were referenced for accuracy and it was found that the pressure should be max pressure of 2800psi with an operating pressure of 2640psi. Rectify.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 19 May 2018
Resolved 6 June 2018
Resolution: Operator provided documentation about cylinders from MFGR to correct cylinder pressure issues. Operator re-charged bottles above minimum values.
Documentation › Logs/Records › Oil Record Book
Issued 2 May 2017
Resolved
Entries were not entered correctly and erros were corrected with whiteout by the crew instead of line crossed and initials
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Due 16 May 2017
Resolved 10 May 2017
Operations/Management › Lifesaving › Op Readiness/Maintenance/Inspection
Issued 2 May 2017
Resolved
LB#3 had excessive oil in the bilge and fuel on top of engine
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Due 2 May 2017
Resolved 2 May 2017
Resolution: Corrected on the spot
Operations/Management › Lifesaving › Op Readiness/Maintenance/Inspection
Issued 2 May 2017
Resolved
LB#1 had excessive hydralic oil in the bilge
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Due 2 May 2017
Resolved 2 May 2017
Resolution: corrected on the spot
Fire Fighting › Means of Escape › Handrails/Handholds
Issued 2 May 2017
Resolved
Escape ladders had excessive marine growth and one of the escape ladders structure was not completed
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 9 June 2017
Resolved 6 June 2018
Resolution: Documentation and photos provided showing cleaned rungs.
Lifesaving › Lifeboat › Hull
Issued 26 April 2016
Resolved
Several small screw holes around rub rail were open from previous repair. Holes could allow water ingress and should be properly repaired.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 26 May 2016
Resolved 11 May 2016
Resolution: proper repairs were made to screw holes in fiberglass around rubrails and pictures submitted to OCMI from OIM on 5/11