KIRBY 29139

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

KIRBY 29139 is a 2008 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 21 inspections since 2008, most recently in July 2025, along with 2 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2012 and 2021.

Records from 2008 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 24 July 2025.

Built: 2008
Last inspected: 24 July 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 21
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2012–2021
Inspected with: 7 other vessels
Also recorded as: 2 other names

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 24 July 2025

Recorded inspections21

…physical examinations13

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 15 calendar years (2008–2025)

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

1216337

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988025

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-988025

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

BuilderTRINITY MARINE PRODUCTS INC · MADISONVILLE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2008

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portGIBSON, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 22 January 2026 · expires 28 February 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 · 7

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.

KIRBY 28117 Tank Barge · MISLE 1003466 · 20 October 2021 · activity 7336528 SPINDLETOP Towing Vessel · MISLE 1118978 · 20 October 2021 · activity 7336528 HTCO 3008 Tank Barge · MISLE 1249587 · 20 October 2021 · activity 7336528 MR LEON Towing Vessel · MISLE 201574 · 9 March 2015 · activity 5081855 WEB 221B Tank Barge · MISLE 475796 · 9 March 2015 · activity 5081855 JAY EM Towing Vessel · MISLE 144161 · 3 June 2012 · activity 4347669 THE MISS VANESSA Towing Vessel · MISLE 988649 · 3 June 2012 · activity 4347669

Inspection history · 21

24 July 2025 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8203613

27 February 2024 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7871234

3 August 2023 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7760148

20 October 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7336528

21 April 2020 Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6941905

1 February 2019 COI Inspection · MTSA Verification · Examination of Repairs · Cargo Tank Internal · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6606865

22 March 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6376796

5 January 2018 Administrative Inspection · SIP Initial Entry

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6333183

11 July 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6205625

18 April 2017 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6127110

29 February 2016 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5835819

9 March 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5081855

5 March 2015 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5090645

4 August 2014 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4967755

16 January 2014 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4784190

4 June 2012 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4333652

3 June 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4347669

8 March 2012 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4240753

15 August 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4116544

13 January 2010 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3663394

17 November 2008 Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · Construction Oversight · MTSA Verification · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3376042

Deficiency record · 2

Deck/Cargo › Cargo Transfer/Lightering (liquid) › Emergency Shut-down

Issued 18 April 2017 Resolved

Vessel shut-down failed to operate.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 4 May 2017
Resolved 20 April 2017
Resolution: Shut-down was installed backwards.

Documentation › Safety Management System › Company Responsibility/Authority Documentation

Issued 18 April 2017 Resolved

Vessel Documents did not match the name change.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 4 May 2017
Resolved 20 April 2017
Resolution: Provided documentation

Casualty record · 3

3 June 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4347669

15 May 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4591904

20 October 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7336528

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 · 2

SMI 30007 (2012–2013), SMS 30007 (2021). 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.