KIRBY 28033

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

KIRBY 28033 is a 2004 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 33 inspections since 2004, most recently in October 2024, along with 4 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2014 and 2017.

Records from 2004 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 31 October 2024.

Built: 2004
Last inspected: 31 October 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 33
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2014–2017
Inspected with: 6 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 31 October 2024

Recorded inspections33

…physical examinations27

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 18 calendar years (2004–2024)

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

1160302

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704996

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-704996

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)297.5 ft × 54.0 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 1,619 / net 1,619

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderWEST GULF MARINE INC · GALVESTON, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2004

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portWILMINGTON, DE

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 21 October 2025 · expires 30 November 2026

Service, as the file records itTank Barge

Hull formbarge (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it1619 - Simplified, Gross Ton
1619 - Simplified, Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 2026, matched to this hull on its Official Number. Registered and ITC measurements are two systems and are never combined. One snapshot is held so far; documentation history begins with the next.

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 · 6

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.

CHRIS FOSTER Towing Vessel · MISLE 131864 · 5 January 2017 · activity 6066987 KIRBY 28106 Tank Barge · MISLE 1001771 · 5 January 2017 · activity 6066987 VENGEANCE Towing Vessel · MISLE 91455 · 23 January 2014 · activity 4787659 CHALLENGER Towing Vessel · MISLE 196740 · 23 January 2014 · activity 4787659 KIRBY 28081 Tank Barge · MISLE 810454 · 23 January 2014 · activity 4787659 VENGEANCE Towing Vessel · MISLE 91455 · 20 January 2014 · activity 4786216 GAMBLER Towing Vessel · MISLE 98071 · 20 January 2014 · activity 4786216 KIRBY 28081 Tank Barge · MISLE 810454 · 20 January 2014 · activity 4786216

Inspection history · 33

31 October 2024 Examination of Repairs · Drydock Exam · COI Inspection · Cargo Tank Internal · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA/ISPS Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8025727

25 July 2022 Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7516240

5 July 2022 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7496849

26 January 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7386063

7 September 2021 Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7306233

16 January 2020 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6890894

2 April 2019 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6652133

3 October 2018 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6594193

10 May 2018 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6409055

25 October 2017 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6321418

5 January 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6066987

2 November 2016 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6032719

8 October 2015 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5737100

8 October 2015 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5868666

27 October 2014 Cargo Tank Internal · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5012685

23 January 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4787659

20 January 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4786216

23 August 2013 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4772630

13 September 2012 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4438211

15 March 2012 Damage Survey · Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4264475

4 January 2012 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4251272

10 August 2010 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3875195

21 January 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3667526

9 March 2009 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3430127

2 March 2009 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3426557

10 October 2008 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3342225

25 September 2008 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3332685

19 September 2008 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3328161

25 October 2007 Deficiency Check · Periodic Inspection · Damage Survey · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3087127

1 August 2006 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2782184

1 February 2006 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2577381

21 September 2004 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2201103

21 September 2004 MTSA Verification · Construction Oversight · Initial Certification

Physical examination · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2201253

Deficiency record · 4

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

Issued 5 July 2022 Resolved

Scantlings, material, and workmanship, subdivision of cargo spaces fittings of cofferdams and testing of tanks shall be at least equivalent to the requirements of American bureau of shipping. While loading low sulfur diesel a cracked weld on the port side transom of stern box was discovered. Cracked weld is approx 26" x 1/2" approx 10-12" from corner where side shell meets stern deck plate. Vessel is permitted to apply a temp repair splash zone A7088 epoxy patch. Transit to Brownsville Texas (Transmontaigne) to discharge and then transit light ship to Southwest shipyard Channelview Texas for repairs. Repair proposal shall be submitted to local OCMI prior to work.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 26 July 2022
Resolution: Conducted a visual exam of all repairs and witnessed air test at 1.0 PSI. Test satisfactory.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Hull Plating

Issued 2 March 2009 Resolved

Two 4" fractures found in starboard bow corner wrapper. See documents for scanned copy of CG835.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Due 2 April 2009
Resolved 9 March 2009
Resolution: Conducted repair check. Examined welds and witnessed satisfactory air test of corner wrapper repair

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell

Issued 19 September 2008 Resolved

12" X 3/4" fracture in the #6S wing tank.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 25 September 2008
Resolution: Kirby 28033 was inspected at Texas Boat and Barge by CWO [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld] and [name withheld] to the #6S wing tank side shell was completed and pressure tested to 1.5 psi and passed.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell

Issued 25 October 2007 Resolved

18"x 1.5" fracture on the portside corner wrapper of the stern box.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 29 October 2007
Resolved 30 October 2007
Resolution: An approved insert was constructed to correct fracture.

Casualty record · 2

20 January 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4786216

5 January 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6066987

Each line is an incident investigation the Coast Guard recorded with this hull among the vessels involved, with the date and the classification the Coast Guard gave it. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

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.