KIRBY 28130

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

KIRBY 28130 is a 2008 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2008, most recently in July 2024, along with 1 deficiency and 2 casualty investigations between 2010 and 2022.

Records from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 2 July 2024.

Built: 2008
Last inspected: 2 July 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2010–2022
Inspected with: 9 other vessels

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 2 July 2024

Recorded inspections16

…physical examinations13

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 14 calendar years (2008–2024)

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

1213467

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961319

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-961319

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

BuilderWEST GULF MARINE LTD · GALVESTON, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2008

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portGALVESTON, TX

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 11 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 it1619 - Simplified, Gross Ton
1619 - 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, 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 · 9

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.

CECIL Towing Vessel · MISLE 565788 · 5 August 2022 · activity 7528067 KENT Towing Vessel · MISLE 1203819 · 5 August 2022 · activity 7528067 KIRBY 29168 Tank Barge · MISLE 1268062 · 5 August 2022 · activity 7528067 J. THOMAS Towing Vessel · MISLE 1312199 · 5 August 2022 · activity 7528067 FORKED ISLAND Towing Vessel · MISLE 1329302 · 5 August 2022 · activity 7528067 TOM FREEMAN Towing Vessel · MISLE 73739 · 16 February 2010 · activity 3681848 JACKSON PLATTE Towing Vessel · MISLE 143792 · 16 February 2010 · activity 3681848 CSS CHICORA Towing Vessel · MISLE 193903 · 16 February 2010 · activity 3681848 GM 3807 Tank Barge · MISLE 948778 · 16 February 2010 · activity 3681848

Inspection history · 16

2 July 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7947514

12 December 2023 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7835900

5 August 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7528067

15 March 2022 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7412492

5 December 2018 Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · Cargo Tank Internal · COI Inspection · Drydock Exam · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6583403

24 October 2017 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6314257

1 September 2016 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6037548

24 September 2015 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5728456

14 October 2014 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5058355

29 October 2013 MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4743017

18 July 2012 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4468146

15 August 2011 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4180499

9 September 2010 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3846041

16 February 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3681848

13 August 2009 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3622583

22 June 2008 COI Inspection · Cargo Tank Internal · Internal Structural Exam · Construction Oversight · Spot Check · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3305990

Deficiency record · 1

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Hull Plating

Issued 24 September 2015 Resolved

Crop and renew inset on STBD bow rake as well as the port bow deck knuckle to the satisfaction of the MI.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 24 October 2015
Resolved 28 September 2015
Resolution: NDT Air/Soap/Water test SAT.

Casualty record · 2

16 February 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3681848

5 August 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 7528067

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.