ELLIS PORCHE

Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

ELLIS PORCHE is a 2005 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 31 inspections since 2005, most recently in July 2025, along with 2 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2011 and 2023.

Records from 2005 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 16 July 2025.

Built: 2005
Last inspected: 16 July 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 31
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2011–2023
Inspected with: 6 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 Towing Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Inspection record

Last inspected 16 July 2025

Recorded inspections31

…physical examinations10

…administrative events8

…with no type recorded13

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 17 calendar years (2005–2025)

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

1168245

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WDQ7553

739453

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-739453

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)72.0 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 144 / net 115

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderHOPE SERVICES INC · DULAC, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2005

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 13 January 2026 · expires 31 January 2027

Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel

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

Tonnage as PSIX records it144 - Simplified, Gross Ton
115 - 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, 1980 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.

MIKE BECHTOLD Towing Vessel · MISLE 152717 · 26 December 2023 · activity 7854167 MBL 410 Freight Barge · MISLE 374049 · 26 December 2023 · activity 7854167 HTCO 3060 Tank Barge · MISLE 874301 · 26 December 2023 · activity 7854167 STC 3011 Tank Barge · MISLE 384315 · 24 April 2012 · activity 4299851 FRONTIER EXPRESS Towing Vessel · MISLE 75763 · 16 February 2011 · activity 3946929 MARGARET K Towing Vessel · MISLE 264683 · 16 February 2011 · activity 3946929

Inspection history · 31

16 July 2025 MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8182749

7 January 2025 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8059770

13 May 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7912423

26 December 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7854167

4 April 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7662745

8 November 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7591313

21 July 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7513281

5 June 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7469243

29 April 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7442730

18 February 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7398624

6 May 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7191184

26 April 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7184157

14 August 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7033136

15 July 2020 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7006851

12 January 2020 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6889219

12 January 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6933232

16 August 2019 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6785893

12 July 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6206889

9 October 2015 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5755515

24 September 2014 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4991242

24 April 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4299851

2 May 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4028955

16 February 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3946929

8 February 2011 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3941677

1 November 2010 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3884626

27 May 2009 Administration

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3488332

24 February 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2879530

21 September 2006 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2783728

17 February 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2587774

4 February 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2585264

24 March 2005 Security Plan Amendment Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2318526

Deficiency record · 2

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Operation of machinery

Issued 12 January 2020 Resolved

Essential systems or equipment must be regularly tested and examined. Tests and examination pns must verify that the system or equipment functions as designed. If a component is found unsatisfactor, it must be repaired or replaced. Test and examinatior procedures must be in accordance with manufacturer's intructions or Towing Safety Management System (TMSM) applicable to the vessel, if the vessel has a TSMS. The vessel has a damaged port rudder and damaged port and starboard propellers. All damaged components must be repaired to the satisfaction of the attending Coast Guard Marine Inspector.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 13 February 2020
Resolved 15 January 2020
Resolution: Vessel installed new rudder, port and stbd propellers. Sea trials conducted without incident.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 16 August 2019 Resolved

46CFR143.205(b) - Each towing vessel's propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems must be maintained to ensure proper operation and be suitable for the route and service intended. Vessel experienced a reduction in propulsion. Starboard main engine shut down due to overheating.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 16 August 2019
Resolved 16 August 2019

Casualty record · 3

2 May 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4028955

24 April 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4299851

26 December 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7854167

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

COVE POINT (2011–2023). 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.