FUEL 103

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

FUEL 103 is a tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 69 inspections since 1983, most recently in February 2025, along with 15 deficiencies.

Records from 1983 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 27 February 2025.

Built: Not recorded
Last inspected: 27 February 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 69
Deficiencies: 15 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 8 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 27 February 2025

Recorded inspections69

…physical examinations45

…administrative events9

…with no type recorded15

Deficiencies 15 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 39 calendar years (1983–2025)

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

1298317

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55276

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-55276

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it0 - Displacement, Ton
774 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
0 - Dead Weight, 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 · 8

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.

CHUCK PIEPMEIER Towing Vessel · MISLE 136274 · 22 August 2018 · activity 6525720 WALTER L. GIBBS Towing Vessel · MISLE 1178316 · 22 August 2018 · activity 6525720 FUEL 102 Tank Barge · MISLE 54862 · 11 January 2015 · activity 5052602 EIDC 63 Tank Barge · MISLE 48173 · 3 October 2013 · activity 4729045 CHEM 183 Tank Barge · MISLE 467409 · 3 October 2013 · activity 4729045 CHEM 194 Tank Barge · MISLE 768370 · 3 October 2013 · activity 4729045 CALLIE DEVALL Towing Vessel · MISLE 1114863 · 3 October 2013 · activity 4729045 INTRA REGAL Towing Vessel · MISLE 153970 · 10 December 2002 · activity 1719788

Inspection history · 69

27 February 2025 Annual Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8065079

17 May 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7914256

18 October 2023 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7810769

20 January 2021 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs · Cargo Tank Internal · Drydock Exam · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7127713

14 December 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7117428

10 April 2020 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6937755

13 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6782440

22 May 2019 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6690083

8 May 2019 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6679384

7 January 2019 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6605979

14 December 2018 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6596701

6 September 2018 Examination of Repairs · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6537411

22 August 2018 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6519345

22 August 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6525720

7 March 2018 Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6367642

30 December 2016 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6063818

16 December 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6059058

19 February 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5818292

15 December 2015 MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5781933

22 April 2015 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5107223

11 January 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5052602

4 August 2014 Damage Survey · Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4943767

21 May 2014 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4864325

24 January 2014 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4789898

3 October 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4729045

9 February 2012 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4239236

1 February 2010 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3673643

5 March 2009 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3427965

11 January 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3403858

11 December 2008 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3380092

13 March 2008 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3163921

6 August 2007 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3019908

24 April 2007 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2914394

22 January 2007 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2859799

7 December 2005 Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2547676

22 June 2005 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2396914

7 February 2005 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2286743

4 February 2004 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2000011

17 January 2003 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1732026

10 December 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1719788

23 January 2002 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1480835

3 January 2001 COI Inspection · Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1420430

17 October 2000 Administrative

Administrative · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 823888

14 March 2000 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1424883

6 May 1999 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1128141

15 April 1999 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1456682

9 April 1998 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 788466

21 April 1997 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1092544

12 April 1996 Hull Examination · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1080037

4 April 1995 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1156163

30 March 1994 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1166524

21 April 1993 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 831971

21 January 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 829270

18 May 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 950655

24 April 1992 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1357939

8 January 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 952022

22 April 1991 COI Inspection · Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1230580

21 November 1990 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 905249

18 September 1990 Drydock Extension

Administrative · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1239116

12 July 1989 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1352692

25 May 1989 Administrative

Administrative · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 896258

3 June 1988 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 886454

23 July 1987 COI Inspection · Hull Examination

Physical examination · MIO HOUSTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1029104

24 October 1986 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1320670

18 August 1986 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1293421

23 April 1986 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 482833

7 August 1985 Credit Drydock · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 985173

9 July 1984 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1281418

15 September 1983 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 965137

Deficiency record · 15

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (cargo)

Issued 27 February 2025 Resolved

No person may use any equipment listed in paragraph (c) of this section for transfer operations unless the vessel or facility operator, as appropriate, tests and inspects the equipment. The frequency of the tests and inspections required by this section must be: Each vapor hose, vapor collection arm, pressure or vacuum relief valve, and pressure sensor is tested and inspected for vessels annually, or as part of the biennial and mid-period inspections. Attending marine inspector found no available valid records or indication of cargo system pressure vacuum relief valve testing. Correct deficiency prior to cargo operations. 33 CFR 156.170

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 27 February 2025
Resolved 26 March 2025
Resolution: Vessel tested valve and provided testing document.

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (cargo)

Issued 27 February 2025 Resolved

Cargo transfer operations for any cargo requiring a PV or safety relief venting device in Table 151.05 shall be performed with cargo hatch covers closed. MI observed Cargo tank #1 side hatch cover is not fully secured. Vessel to properly secure hatch cover to prevent cargo vapor/product discharge to the satisfaction of CG MI. 46 CFR 151.45-4

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 27 February 2025
Resolved 26 March 2025
Resolution: vessel renewed gaskets for hatches in question.

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 8 May 2019 Resolved

Unknown liquid substance found in #3 starboard void that is not consistent with the appearance of the product on board the barge. Vessel is to offload cargo at the facility then proceed to normal docking areas where a sample of the unknown liquid can be obtained, analyzed, and then report of findings will be sent back to Sector Mobile Domestic Vessel Branch.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 7 June 2019
Resolved 8 May 2019

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 8 May 2019 Resolved

A SMALL AMOUNT OF LIQUID WITH TRACE AMOUNTS (<1%)OF CARGO (ADN) WAS OBSERVED IN THE #3 STBD VOID DURING A DAMAGE SURVEY POST GROUNDING. VESSEL IS RESTRICTED FROM LOADING CARGO UNTIL THE CARGO TANK BOUNDARY WITH THE #3 VOID IS VERIFIED TO BE INTACT TO THE SATISFACTION OF CG MARINE INSPECTOR. OPERATOR TO NOTIFY MARINE INSPECTOR IN PORT ARTHUR UPON ARRIVAL.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 7 June 2019
Resolved 22 May 2019
Resolution: Witnessed air test at pressure of 1 pound of the cargo tank boundary with the #3 void and verified that the cargo tank boundary with the #3 void is inact.

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Cargo operation

Issued 14 December 2018 Resolved

46CFR35.35-70 An annual test of the cargo pump relief valev was not conducted. Test needs to be conducted prior tho cargo operations.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 7 January 2019
Resolution: Vessel representative provided third party repot for annual testing of cargo pump relief valve.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull - cracking

Issued 14 December 2018 Resolved

46CFR30.01-10 2' crack found on starboard gunnel of forward corner of #1 starboard void. Conduct repair to the satisfaction of the attending MI prior to cargo operations.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 7 January 2019
Resolution: Shipyard made repairs to the stbd gunnel.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Shipboard Marine Pollution emergency operations

Issued 14 December 2018 Resolved

33CFR155.1030(c)(9) On board notification checklist and emergency procedures were not on board EIDC-71.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 28 December 2018
Resolved 7 January 2019
Resolution: Added vsl, tested and apporved repairs.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull - cracking

Issued 22 August 2018 Resolved

The port bow rake knuckle is set up 0-18" commencing 55" forward the aft blkhd extending forward 15' with the adjacent bottom plating for 2' inboard set up 0-3" to conform, internals are conformed to hull set in. There is one hull fracture located approx 75" forward the aft blkhd over a 2'x2' area. Approx 2' above waterline. There is second hull fracture approx 3" located approx 17' forward of the aft blkhd. Approx 4' above waterline.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 22 September 2018
Resolved 7 September 2018

Deck/Cargo › Holds/Tanks › Bulkhead

Issued 4 August 2014 Resolved

Make permanent repairs to the #1 cargo tank raised trunk.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 8 August 2014
Resolution: Cropped and renewed 18in x 18in section of the raised trunk on the bow.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Bottom Plating

Issued 21 May 2014 Resolved

Vessel rep found damage to transition knuckle on port bow. Shipyard to crop and renew 7'X7' section to the satisfaction of CG Marine Inspector.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 21 May 2014
Resolved 21 May 2014
Resolution: CG Marine Inspectors witnessed satisfactory repair to transition knuckle on port bow, cropped and renewed 7''X7''X1/2" section, air tested at 1 PSI, all satisfactory.

Deck/Cargo

Issued 15 April 1999 Resolved

MAKE VESSELS VAPOR CONTROL SYSTEM READY FOR C.G. INTERNAL EXAMINATION.

Condition: Unknown
Due 15 April 1999
Resolved 15 April 1999

Deck/Cargo

Issued 18 May 1992 Resolved

Unknown Component - Unknown Cause/Condition

Condition: Unknown
Due 18 August 1992
Resolved 21 May 1992

Deck/Cargo

Issued 18 May 1992 Resolved

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Condition: Unknown
Due 31 July 1992
Resolved 21 May 1992

Deck/Cargo

Issued 24 April 1992 Resolved

MAKE VAPOR RECOVERY PIPING AVAILABLE FOR QUARTERLY EXAM DUE TO CARRIAGE OF ACRYLONITRILE, AND VINYL ACETATE._x001C_

Condition: Unknown
Due 24 April 1992
Resolved 24 April 1992

Deck/Cargo

Issued 24 April 1992 Resolved

PROVIDE COPIES OF G-MSC-2 APPROVED VAPOR RECOVERY SYSTEM MODIFICATIONS AS WITNESSED 24 APR 92 BY PATMS.

Condition: Unknown
Due 24 April 1992
Resolved 24 April 1992

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.