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CAPT NICKY ALFORD
Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named CAPT NICKY ALFORD · FLOWERS, J. RUSSELL, INC. operator of record, 2023
CAPT NICKY ALFORD is a 2007 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 2009, most recently in January 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 5 casualty investigations between 2009 and 2017.
Records from 2009 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 20 January 2026.
- Built
- 2007
- Last inspected
- 20 January 2026
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 5 investigations · 2009–2017
Identity
1197589
WDI4836
877754
Flag
UNITED STATES
367702530
Maury page id
psix-877754
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded10
Years with a record
12 calendar years (2009–2026)
The 22 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US
Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not
years in service. What Maury does not do.
Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)70.0 ft × 28.0 ft × 12.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 157 / net 126
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderB & B BOATBUILDERS INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2007
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 5 November 2025 · expires 31 December 2026
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 it157 - Simplified, Gross Ton
126 - Simplified, Net Ton
126 - Simplified, Net Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 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.
Radio station licence
WDI4836MMSI 367702530 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 19 August 2025, expires 13 November 2035
WDD7369MMSI 367185520 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 8 May 2007, cancelled 12 November 2015
FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its
US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown.
A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.
Inspected as a tow unit · 2
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.
AEP 320 Freight Barge · MISLE 894005 · 9 December 2015 · activity 5778431AEP 7201 Freight Barge · MISLE 989599 · 1 December 2010 · activity 3910255Inspection history · 22
20 January 2026
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8298952
12 November 2025
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8249861
19 July 2024
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7964132
11 January 2024
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7848390
18 October 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7580368
20 November 2020
Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7116539
13 November 2019
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6844790
4 September 2019
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6804556
31 January 2018
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6346643
27 October 2017
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6355708
9 December 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5778431
8 July 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5177789
12 May 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5124917
15 February 2015
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5071111
14 February 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5069891
15 July 2014
Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4923361
18 March 2014
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4821885
1 December 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3910255
7 May 2010
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3733152
6 April 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3710320
5 October 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3609810
19 February 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3427549
Deficiency record · 1
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Ballast, fuel and other tanks
Issued 4 September 2019
Resolved
A vessel's structure must be maintained to conform to the rules of a recognized classification society approved for the intended service and route. Vessel installed a 12" x 12" doubler in the stbd stern void bulkhead connecting to ballast tank as a temporary repair for a crack found in bulkhead. Within one year, perform permanent repairs to satisfaction of CG Marine Inspector.
Casualty record · 5
19 February 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3427549
1 December 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3910255
8 July 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5177789
9 December 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5778431
27 October 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 6355708
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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.
Recorded names · 1
SAFETY SPIRIT (2009–2017). 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.