EMS 355

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

EMS 355 is a 2004 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 32 inspections since 2004, most recently in October 2025, along with 4 deficiencies and 6 casualty investigations between 2005 and 2021.

Records from 2004 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 29 October 2025.

Built: 2004
Last inspected: 29 October 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 32
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 6 investigations · 2005–2021
Inspected with: 10 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 29 October 2025

Recorded inspections32

…physical examinations22

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded9

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 18 calendar years (2004–2025)

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

1164308

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727287

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-727287

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

BuilderTRINITY MARINE PRODUCTS INC · ASHLAND CITY, TN, UNITED STATES · built 2004

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 19 May 2026 · expires 30 June 2027

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, Net Ton
1619 - Simplified, Gross 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 · 10

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 · 32

29 October 2025 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8260498

14 October 2025 Cargo Tank Internal · Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8251682

5 April 2022 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7426725

10 May 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7194428

19 October 2020 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7078647

24 September 2020 Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7064550

7 January 2019 Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6606795

14 September 2017 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6271923

6 September 2016 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6004868

22 October 2015 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5748412

26 August 2015 Hull Examination · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5226684

18 June 2014 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5013046

3 April 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4833426

29 October 2013 Periodic Inspection · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4744597

10 August 2011 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4172913

6 July 2010 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3789494

2 September 2009 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3583991

2 September 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3584766

4 April 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3447160

4 April 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3454430

25 March 2009 Re-Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3658851

7 April 2008 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3183935

12 June 2007 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3067195

17 January 2007 Re-Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2857247

7 November 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2816539

22 November 2005 Security Plan Amendment Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2539208

21 November 2005 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2538330

21 November 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2538986

7 September 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2486476

14 August 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2467214

6 June 2005 MTSA Verification · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2381514

19 November 2004 Construction Oversight

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2242891

Deficiency record · 4

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Overfill Devices

Issued 22 October 2015 Resolved

Overfill alarm and High Level alarm switched on S1 and P1 tanks.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 22 October 2015
Resolution: Vessel corrected issue; test witnessed by marine inspector.

Deck/Cargo › Holds/Tanks › Liquid Level Gaging

Issued 22 October 2015 Resolved

Sight glass on Starboard 3 tank cracked.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 22 October 2015
Resolution: Vessel renewed sight glass.

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

Issued 30 October 2013 Resolved

Barges cargo gauges did not have calibration certificates nor was there any way to identify an individual gauge to a calibration certificate by a serial number or identification decal. Company to produce calibration certificates and means to identify the individual gauges to each calibration certificate within 30 days.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 29 November 2013
Resolved 6 December 2013
Resolution: Gauge calibration certificates were provided.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell

Issued 21 November 2005 Resolved

Make permanent repairs to 20ft by 2.5ft side shell in way of number 1 port wing void. Vessel restricted from conducting cargo operations until repairs are completed. Repairs to be completed at the Cenac Shipyard in Houma, Louisiana.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 21 December 2005
Resolved 10 August 2010
Resolution: While Conducting COI exam of vsl, noted that sufficient repairs had been completed for a very long period of time.

Casualty record · 6

21 November 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2538986

7 November 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2816539

4 April 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3447160

2 September 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3584766

3 April 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4833426

10 May 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 7194428

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.

Recorded names · 1

CTCO 355 (2005–2014). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.