SP PEARL

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

SP PEARL is a 2008 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 31 inspections since 2009, most recently in September 2025, along with 2 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2021.

Records from 2009 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 4 September 2025.

Built: 2008
Last inspected: 4 September 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: 1 investigation · 2021
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

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 4 September 2025

Recorded inspections31

…physical examinations12

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded15

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 14 calendar years (2009–2025)

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

1201239

9423164

WDE3266

894592

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-894592

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)102.9 ft × 42.0 ft × 19.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 297 / net 75

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)102.9 ft × 42.0 ft × 19.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 626 / net 187

BuilderGULF SHIP LLC · GULF PORT, MS, UNITED STATES · built 2008

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portGALLIANO, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 23 February 2026 · expires 31 March 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 it626 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
297 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
187 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
75 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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 · 1

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.

BONITO LNG Tank Ship · MISLE 1614076 · 17 March 2021 · activity 7165154

Inspection history · 31

4 September 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8227302

9 May 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7896475

5 April 2024 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8000201

15 May 2023 Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7710403

11 August 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7530552

10 December 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7366056

12 August 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7283611

13 June 2021 Administrative Inspection · Underwater Inspection in lieu of Drydock · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7224216

17 March 2021 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7158782

17 March 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7165154

12 May 2020 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6952338

22 July 2019 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6759017

25 April 2019 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6653495

3 August 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6230965

4 May 2017 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6138932

22 May 2014 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4866108

3 May 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4582789

7 November 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4480514

7 August 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4404239

6 January 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4220222

10 October 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4165081

26 August 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4132188

20 May 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4017484

18 April 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3989485

7 April 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3981470

28 March 2011 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3974342

1 November 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3884687

12 July 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3795303

25 March 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3702670

31 January 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3673106

25 March 2009 Plan Review (Other than "T")

Administrative · USCG Heartland District · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3441354

Deficiency record · 2

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 12 August 2021 Resolved

At least 2 lifebuoys on a towing vessel 26ft or greater must be fitted with a floating electrical water light. Port side electric water light did not function. Crew tightened connections rectifying deficiency.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 12 August 2021
Resolved 12 August 2021
Resolution: Rectified on the spot.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 12 August 2021 Resolved

Electrical systems and equipment must function properly and minimize system failures and fire and shock hazards. Bridbe panel circuit breaker if not in use must be blanked off.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 26 August 2021
Resolved 10 December 2021
Resolution: Properly Blanked

Casualty record · 1

17 March 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7165154

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.