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CHEM 297

Tank Barge · Barge class · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named CHEM 297 · AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES, LLC operator of record, 2023

CHEM 297 is a 2007 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 20 inspections since 2007, most recently in June 2022, along with 2 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2007.

Records from 2007 to 2022. Most recent: inspection, 13 June 2022.

Built: 2007
Last inspected: 13 June 2022
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 20
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2007
Inspected with: 17 other vessels

Identity

1200112

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887246

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-887246

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations16

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 14 calendar years (2007–2022)

The 20 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.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 4 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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 Barge class in Maury's sources begin in 1972.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)200.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 12.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 735 / net 735

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderJEFFBOAT LLC · JEFFERSONVILLE, IN, UNITED STATES · built 2007

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portJEFFERSONVILLE, IN

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 8 May 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it735 - Simplified, Gross Ton
735 - 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

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

Inspected as a tow unit · 17

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 · 20

13 June 2022 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7476583

1 March 2019 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6635812

22 May 2018 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6431203

25 April 2017 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6132587

27 March 2017 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6112224

26 April 2016 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5868021

22 April 2016 Examination of Repairs · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5867995

4 April 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5847423

7 May 2015 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5175792

17 April 2014 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4842561

18 June 2013 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4634220

23 May 2012 MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4319756

15 September 2011 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4148749

28 July 2010 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3832333

19 August 2009 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3569434

20 May 2009 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3479816

8 May 2009 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3470513

14 August 2008 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3298153

2 October 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3072656

27 July 2007 Hull Examination · Initial Certification · Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · Deadweight Survey · Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3009260

Deficiency record · 2

Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Navigation Lights

Issued 13 April 2017 Resolved

The sidelights of vessels of 20 meters or more in length shall be fitted with matt blackinboard screens and meet the requirements of §84.15. The vessel is over 20 meters in length but is not fitted with matt black inboard screens. Install matt black inboard screens to the satisfaction of the Marine Inspector.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 13 May 2017
Resolved 26 April 2017
Resolution: Nav Screens installed as per requirement.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Weld

Issued 22 April 2016 Resolved

Make repairs to fractured weld in cargo tank top lap seam.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 26 April 2016

Casualty record · 1

2 October 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3072656

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.

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.