TITLE 46-SHIPPING

CHAPTER 21⁠—GENERAL (sections 2101 to 2118)

• § 2101 — General definitions
• § 2102 — Limited definitions
• § 2103 — Superintendence of the merchant marine
• § 2104 — Delegation
• § 2105 — Report
• § 2106 — Liability in rem
• § 2107 — Civil penalty procedures
• § 2108 — Repealed. Pub. L. 109–304, § 15(5) , Oct. 6, 2006 , 120 Stat. 1702 ]
• § 2109 — Public vessels
• § 2110 — Fees
• § 2111 — Pay for overtime services
• § 2112 — Authority to change working hours
• § 2113 — Authority to exempt certain vessels
• § 2114 — Protection of seamen against discrimination
• § 2115 — Civil penalty to enforce alcohol and dangerous drug testing
• § 2116 — Marine safety strategy, goals, and performance assessments
• § 2117 — Termination for unsafe operation
• § 2118 — Establishment of equipment standards

CHAPTER 23⁠—OPERATION OF VESSELS GENERALLY (sections 2301 to 2307)

• § 2301 — Application
• § 2302 — Penalties for negligent operations and interfering with safe operation
• § 2303 — Duties related to marine casualty assistance and information
• § 2303a — Post serious marine casualty alcohol testing
• § 2304 — Duty to provide assistance at sea
• § 2305 — Injunctions
• § 2306 — Vessel reporting requirements
• § 2307 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, § 402(d) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4264 ]

CHAPTER 31⁠—GENERAL (sections 3101 to 3106)

• § 3101 — Authority to suspend inspection
• § 3102 — Immersion suits
• § 3103 — Use of reports, documents, and records
• § 3104 — Survival craft
• § 3105 — Electronic charts
• § 3106 — Master key control system

CHAPTER 32⁠—MANAGEMENT OF VESSELS (sections 3201 to 3205)

• § 3201 — Definitions
• § 3202 — Application
• § 3203 — Safety management system
• § 3204 — Implementation of safety management system
• § 3205 — Certification

CHAPTER 33⁠—INSPECTION GENERALLY (sections 3301 to 3318)

• § 3301 — Vessels subject to inspection
• § 3302 — Exemptions
• § 3303 — Reciprocity for foreign vessels
• § 3304 — Transporting individuals in addition to crew
• § 3305 — Scope and standards of inspection
• § 3306 — Regulations
• § 3307 — Frequency of inspection
• § 3308 — Examinations
• § 3309 — Certificate of inspection
• § 3310 — Records of certification
• § 3311 — Certificate of inspection required
• § 3312 — Display of certificate of inspection
• § 3313 — Compliance with certificate of inspection
• § 3314 — Expiration of certificate of inspection
• § 3315 — Disclosure of defects and protection of informants
• § 3316 — Classification societies
• § 3317 — Fees
• § 3318 — Penalties

CHAPTER 35⁠—CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS (sections 3501 to 3510)

• § 3501 — Number of passengers
• § 3502 — List or count of passengers
• § 3503 — Fire-retardant materials
• § 3504 — Notification to passengers
• § 3505 — Prevention of departure
• § 3506 — Copies of laws
• § 3507 — Passenger vessel security and safety requirements
• § 3508 — Crime scene preservation training for passenger vessel crewmembers
• § 3509 — Medical standards
• § 3510 — Additional medical and safety standards

CHAPTER 37⁠—CARRIAGE OF LIQUID BULK DANGEROUS CARGOES (sections 3701 to 3719)

• § 3701 — Definitions
• § 3702 — Application
• § 3703 — Regulations
• § 3703a — Tank vessel construction standards
• § 3704 — Coastwise trade vessels
• § 3705 — Crude oil tanker minimum standards
• § 3706 — Product carrier minimum standards
• § 3707 — Tanker minimum standards
• § 3708 — Self-propelled tank vessel minimum standards
• § 3709 — Exemptions
• § 3710 — Evidence of compliance by vessels of the United States
• § 3711 — Evidence of compliance by foreign vessels
• § 3712 — Notification of noncompliance
• § 3713 — Prohibited acts
• § 3714 — Inspection and examination
• § 3715 — Lightering
• § 3716 — Tank washings
• § 3717 — Marine safety information system
• § 3718 — Penalties
• § 3719 — Reduction of oil spills from single hull non-self-propelled tank vessels

[CHAPTER 39⁠—REPEALED] (section 3901)

• § 3901 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10418(a)(20) , May 13, 2002 , 116 Stat. 508 ]

CHAPTER 41⁠—UNINSPECTED VESSELS GENERALLY (sections 4101 to 4106)

• § 4101 — Application
• § 4102 — Safety equipment
• § 4103 — Exemptions
• § 4104 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–595, title VI, § 603(3)(A) , Nov. 16, 1990 , 104 Stat. 2993 ]
• § 4105 — Uninspected passenger vessels
• § 4106 — Penalties

CHAPTER 43⁠—RECREATIONAL VESSELS (sections 4301 to 4312)

• § 4301 — Application
• § 4302 — Regulations
• § 4303 — Inspection and testing
• § 4304 — Importation of nonconforming vessels and equipment
• § 4305 — Exemptions and equivalents
• § 4306 — Federal preemption
• § 4307 — Prohibited acts
• § 4308 — Termination of unsafe operation
• § 4309 — Investigation and reporting
• § 4310 — Repair and replacement of defects
• § 4311 — Penalties and injunctions
• § 4312 — Engine cut-off switches

CHAPTER 45⁠—UNINSPECTED COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY VESSELS (sections 4501 to 4508)

• § 4501 — Application
• § 4502 — Safety standards
• § 4503 — Fishing, fish tender, and fish processing vessel certification
• § 4503a — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXV, § 11509(a)(3) , Dec. 23, 2022 , 136 Stat. 4137 ]
• § 4504 — Prohibited acts
• § 4505 — Termination of unsafe operations
• § 4506 — Exemptions
• § 4507 — Penalties
• § 4508 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title VI, § 601(c)(1) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4289 ]

CHAPTER 47⁠—ABANDONMENT OF VESSELS (sections 4701 to 4712)

CHAPTER 49⁠—OCEANGOING NON-PASSENGER COMMERCIAL VESSELS (section 4901)

• § 4901 — Surveillance requirements

CHAPTER 51⁠—LOAD LINES (sections 5101 to 5116)

• § 5101 — Definitions
• § 5102 — Application
• § 5103 — Load line requirements
• § 5104 — Assignment of load lines
• § 5105 — Load line surveys
• § 5106 — Load line certificate
• § 5107 — Delegation of authority
• § 5108 — Special exemptions
• § 5109 — Reciprocity for foreign vessels
• § 5110 — Submersible vessels
• § 5111 — Providing loading information
• § 5112 — Loading restrictions
• § 5113 — Detention of vessels
• § 5114 — Use of Customs Service officers and employees for enforcement
• § 5115 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–595, title VI, § 603(5)(A) , Nov. 16, 1990 , 104 Stat. 2993 ]
• § 5116 — Penalties

CHAPTER 61⁠—REPORTING MARINE CASUALTIES (sections 6101 to 6104)

• § 6101 — Marine casualties and reporting
• § 6102 — State marine casualty reporting system
• § 6103 — Penalty
• § 6104 — Commercial fishing industry vessel casualty statistics

CHAPTER 63⁠—INVESTIGATING MARINE CASUALTIES (sections 6301 to 6309)

• § 6301 — Investigation of marine casualties
• § 6302 — Public investigations
• § 6303 — Rights of parties in interest
• § 6304 — Subpoena authority
• § 6305 — Reports of investigations
• § 6306 — Penalty
• § 6307 — Notifications to Congress
• § 6308 — Information barred in legal proceedings
• § 6309 — Voyage data recorder access

CHAPTER 71⁠—LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY (sections 7101 to 7116)

• § 7101 — Issuing and classifying licenses and certificates of registry
• § 7102 — Citizenship or noncitizen nationality
• § 7103 — Licenses for radio officers
• § 7104 — Certificates for medical doctors and nurses
• § 7105 — Oaths
• § 7106 — Duration of licenses
• § 7107 — Duration of certificates of registry
• § 7108 — Termination of licenses and certificates of registry
• § 7109 — Review of criminal records
• § 7110 — Exhibiting licenses
• § 7111 — Oral examinations for licenses
• § 7112 — Licenses of masters or mates as pilots
• § 7113 — Exemption from draft
• § 7114 — Fees
• § 7115 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title VI, § 601(c)(2) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4289 ]
• § 7116 — Examinations for merchant mariner credentials

CHAPTER 73⁠—MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS (sections 7301 to 7319)

• § 7301 — General
• § 7302 — Issuing merchant mariners’ documents and continuous discharge books
• § 7303 — Possession and description of merchant mariners’ documents
• § 7304 — Citizenship or noncitizen nationality notation on merchant mariners’ documents
• § 7305 — Oaths for holders of merchant mariners’ documents
• § 7306 — General requirements and classifications for members of deck departments
• § 7307 — Able seamen⁠—unlimited
• § 7308 — Able seamen⁠—limited
• § 7309 — Able seamen⁠—special
• § 7310 — Able seamen⁠—offshore supply vessels
• § 7311 — Able seamen⁠—sail
• § 7311a — Able seamen⁠—fishing industry
• § 7312 — Scale of employment
• § 7313 — General requirements for members of engine departments
• § 7314 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXIII, § 7301(f) , Dec. 18, 2025 , 139 Stat. 1755 ]
• § 7315 — Training
• § 7316 — Lifeboatmen
• § 7317 — Tankermen
• § 7318 — Radiotelegraph operators on Great Lakes
• § 7319 — Records of merchant mariners’ documents

CHAPTER 75⁠—GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION (sections 7501 to 7512)

• § 7501 — Duplicates
• § 7502 — Records
• § 7503 — Dangerous drugs as grounds for denial
• § 7504 — Travel and expense reimbursement
• § 7505 — Review of information in National Driver Register
• § 7506 — Convention tonnage for licenses, certificates, and documents
• § 7507 — Authority to extend the duration of licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariner documents
• § 7508 — Authority to extend the duration of medical certificates
• § 7509 — Medical certification by trusted agents
• § 7510 — Examinations for merchant mariner credentials
• § 7511 — Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial
• § 7512 — Requirements of electronic merchant mariner credentialing system

CHAPTER 77⁠—SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION (sections 7701 to 7706)

• § 7701 — General
• § 7702 — Administrative procedure
• § 7703 — Bases for suspension or revocation
• § 7704 — Dangerous drugs as grounds for revocation
• § 7704a — Sexual harassment or sexual assault as grounds for suspension or revocation
• § 7705 — Subpenas and oaths
• § 7706 — Drug testing reporting

CHAPTER 81⁠—GENERAL (sections 8101 to 8108)

• § 8101 — Complement of inspected vessels
• § 8102 — Watchmen
• § 8103 — Citizenship or noncitizen nationality and Navy Reserve requirements
• § 8104 — Watches
• § 8105 — Fishing vessel exemption
• § 8106 — Riding gangs
• § 8107 — Use of force against piracy
• § 8108 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title VI, § 601(c)(3)(A) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4289 ]

CHAPTER 83⁠—MASTERS AND OFFICERS (sections 8301 to 8304)

• § 8301 — Minimum number of licensed individuals
• § 8302 — Staff department
• § 8303 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8503(a)(1), Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 4747 ]
• § 8304 — Implementing the Officers’ Competency Certificates Convention, 1936

CHAPTER 85⁠—PILOTS (sections 8501 to 8503)

• § 8501 — State regulation of pilots
• § 8502 — Federal pilots required
• § 8503 — Federal pilots authorized

CHAPTER 87⁠—UNLICENSED PERSONNEL (sections 8701 to 8704)

• § 8701 — Merchant mariners’ documents required
• § 8702 — Certain crew requirements
• § 8703 — Tankermen on tank vessels
• § 8704 — Alien deemed to be employed in the United States

CHAPTER 89⁠—SMALL VESSEL MANNING (sections 8901 to 8906)

• § 8901 — Freight vessels
• § 8902 — Small passenger vessels
• § 8903 — Self-propelled, uninspected passenger vessels
• § 8904 — Towing vessels
• § 8905 — Exemptions
• § 8906 — Penalty

CHAPTER 91⁠—TANK VESSEL MANNING STANDARDS (sections 9101 to 9102)

• § 9101 — Standards for foreign tank vessels
• § 9102 — Standards for tank vessels of the United States

CHAPTER 93⁠—GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE (sections 9301 to 9308)

• § 9301 — Definitions
• § 9302 — Great Lakes pilots required
• § 9303 — United States registered pilot service
• § 9304 — Pilotage pools
• § 9305 — Agreements with Canada
• § 9306 — State regulation prohibited
• § 9307 — Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee
• § 9308 — Penalties

CHAPTER 101⁠—GENERAL (sections 10101 to 10105)

• § 10101 — Definitions
• § 10102 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, § 422(c)(1) , Dec. 20, 1993 , 107 Stat. 2439 ]
• § 10103 — Reports
• § 10104 — Requirement to report sexual offenses
• § 10105 — Reports to Congress

CHAPTER 103⁠—FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES (sections 10301 to 10321)

• § 10301 — Application
• § 10302 — Shipping articles agreements
• § 10303 — Provisions
• § 10304 — Form of agreement
• § 10305 — Manner of signing agreement
• § 10306 — Exhibiting merchant mariners’ documents
• § 10307 — Posting agreements
• § 10308 — Foreign engagements
• § 10309 — Engaging seamen to replace those lost by desertion or casualty
• § 10310 — Discharge
• § 10311 — Certificates of discharge
• § 10312 — Settlements on discharge
• § 10313 — Wages
• § 10314 — Advances
• § 10315 — Allotments
• § 10316 — Trusts
• § 10317 — Loss of lien and right to wages
• § 10318 — Wages on discharge in foreign ports
• § 10319 — Costs of a criminal conviction
• § 10320 — Records of seamen
• § 10321 — General penalty

CHAPTER 105⁠—COASTWISE VOYAGES (sections 10501 to 10509)

• § 10501 — Application
• § 10502 — Shipping articles agreements
• § 10503 — Exhibiting merchant mariners’ documents
• § 10504 — Wages
• § 10505 — Advances
• § 10506 — Trusts
• § 10507 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, § 415(a) , Dec. 20, 1993 , 107 Stat. 2438 ]
• § 10508 — General penalties
• § 10509 — Penalty for failing to begin voyage

CHAPTER 106⁠—FISHING VOYAGES (sections 10601 to 10603)

• § 10601 — Fishing agreements
• § 10602 — Recovery of wages and shares of fish under agreement
• § 10603 — Seaman’s duty to notify employer regarding illness, disability, and injury

CHAPTER 107⁠—EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN (sections 10701 to 10711)

• § 10701 — Application
• § 10702 — Duties of masters
• § 10703 — Procedures of masters
• § 10704 — Duties of consular officers
• § 10705 — Disposition of money, property, and wages by consular officers
• § 10706 — Seamen dying in the United States
• § 10707 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, § 420(a) , Dec. 20, 1993 , 107 Stat. 2438 ]
• § 10708 — Sale of property
• § 10709 — Distribution
• § 10710 — Unclaimed money, property, and wages
• § 10711 — Penalties

CHAPTER 109⁠—PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS (sections 10901 to 10908)

• § 10901 — Application
• § 10902 — Complaints of unfitness
• § 10903 — Proceedings on examination of vessel
• § 10904 — Refusal to proceed
• § 10905 — Complaints in foreign ports
• § 10906 — Discharge of crew for unsuitability
• § 10907 — Permission to make complaint
• § 10908 — Penalty for sending unseaworthy vessel to sea

CHAPTER 111⁠—PROTECTION AND RELIEF (sections 11101 to 11113)

• § 11101 — Accommodations for seamen
• § 11102 — Medicine chests
• § 11103 — Slop chests
• § 11104 — Destitute seamen
• § 11105 — Wages on discharge when vessel sold
• § 11106 — Wages on justifiable complaint of seamen
• § 11107 — Unlawful engagements void
• § 11108 — Taxes
• § 11109 — Attachment of wages
• § 11110 — Seamen’s clothing
• § 11111 — Limit on amount recoverable on voyage
• § 11112 — Master’s lien for wages
• § 11113 — Treatment of abandoned seafarers

CHAPTER 112⁠—MERCHANT MARINER BENEFITS (sections 11201 to 11204)

• § 11201 — Eligibility for veterans’ burial and cemetery benefits
• § 11202 — Qualified service
• § 11203 — Documentation of qualified service
• § 11204 — Processing fees

CHAPTER 113⁠—OFFICIAL LOGBOOKS (sections 11301 to 11304)

• § 11301 — Logbook and entry requirements
• § 11302 — Manner of making entries
• § 11303 — Penalties
• § 11304 — Additional logbook and entry requirements

CHAPTER 115⁠—OFFENSES AND PENALTIES (sections 11501 to 11507)

• § 11501 — Penalties for specified offenses
• § 11502 — Entry of offenses in logbook
• § 11503 — Duties of consular officers related to insubordination
• § 11504 — Enforcement of forfeitures
• § 11505 — Disposal of forfeitures
• § 11506 — Carrying sheath knives
• § 11507 — Surrender of offending officers

CHAPTER 121⁠—DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS (sections 12101 to 12152)

CHAPTER 123⁠—NUMBERING UNDOCUMENTED VESSELS (sections 12301 to 12309)

• § 12301 — Numbering vessels
• § 12302 — Standard numbering system
• § 12303 — Exemption from numbering requirements
• § 12304 — Certificates of numbers
• § 12305 — Displaying numbers
• § 12306 — Safety certificates
• § 12307 — Regulations on numbering and fees
• § 12308 — Providing vessel numbering and registration information
• § 12309 — Penalties

CHAPTER 125⁠—VESSEL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (sections 12501 to 12507)

• § 12501 — Establishment of a vessel identification system
• § 12502 — Identification numbers, signal letters, and markings
• § 12503 — Information available to the system
• § 12504 — Information available from the system
• § 12505 — Fees
• § 12506 — Delegation of authority
• § 12507 — Penalties

CHAPTER 131⁠—RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY (sections 13101 to 13110)

• § 13101 — Definitions
• § 13102 — State recreational boating safety programs
• § 13103 — Program acceptance
• § 13104 — Allocations
• § 13105 — Availability of allocations
• § 13106 — Computation decisions about State amounts expended
• § 13107 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 13108 — Computing amounts allocated to States and State records requirements
• § 13109 — Consultation, cooperation, and regulation
• § 13110 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title VI, § 601(c)(4)(A) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4289 ]

CHAPTER 141⁠—GENERAL (sections 14101 to 14104)

• § 14101 — Definitions
• § 14102 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–595, title VI, § 603(12)(A) , Nov. 16, 1990 , 104 Stat. 2993 ]
• § 14103 — Delegation of authority
• § 14104 — Measurement to determine application of a law

CHAPTER 143⁠—CONVENTION MEASUREMENT (sections 14301 to 14307)

• § 14301 — Application
• § 14302 — Measurement
• § 14303 — Tonnage Certificate
• § 14304 — Remeasurement
• § 14305 — Optional regulatory measurement
• § 14306 — Reciprocity for foreign vessels
• § 14307 — Inspection of foreign vessels

CHAPTER 145⁠—REGULATORY MEASUREMENT (sections 14501 to 14522)

CHAPTER 147⁠—PENALTIES (sections 14701 to 14702)

• § 14701 — General violation
• § 14702 — False statements

CHAPTER 151⁠—NATIONAL MARITIME TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES (sections 15101 to 15109)

• § 15101 — National Chemical Transportation Safety Advisory Committee
• § 15102 — National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee
• § 15103 — National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
• § 15104 — National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee
• § 15105 — National Boating Safety Advisory Committee
• § 15106 — National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee
• § 15107 — National Navigation Safety Advisory Committee
• § 15108 — National Towing Safety Advisory Committee
• § 15109 — Administration

SUBCHAPTER I⁠—GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 30501 to 30502)

• § 30501 — Definitions
• § 30502 — Application

SUBCHAPTER II⁠—EXONERATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY (sections 30521 to 30530)

• § 30521 — Declaration of nature and value of goods
• § 30522 — Loss by fire
• § 30523 — General limit of liability
• § 30524 — Limit of liability for personal injury or death
• § 30525 — Apportionment of losses
• § 30526 — Provisions requiring notice of claim or limiting time for bringing action
• § 30527 — Provisions limiting liability for personal injury or death
• § 30528 — Vicarious liability for medical malpractice with regard to crew
• § 30529 — Action by owner for limitation
• § 30530 — Liability as master, officer, or seaman not affected

SUBCHAPTER I⁠—GENERAL (sections 31301 to 31309)

• § 31301 — Definitions
• § 31302 — Availability of instruments, copies, and information
• § 31303 — Certain civil actions not authorized
• § 31304 — Liability for noncompliance
• § 31305 — Waiver of lien rights
• § 31306 — Declaration of citizenship
• § 31307 — State statutes superseded
• § 31308 — Secretary of Commerce or Transportation as mortgagee
• § 31309 — General civil penalty

SUBCHAPTER II⁠—COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS (sections 31321 to 31330)

• § 31321 — Filing, recording, and discharge
• § 31322 — Preferred mortgages
• § 31323 — Disclosing and incurring obligations before executing preferred mortgages
• § 31324 — Retention and examination of mortgages of vessels covered by preferred mortgages
• § 31325 — Preferred mortgage liens and enforcement
• § 31326 — Court sales to enforce preferred mortgage liens and maritime liens and priority of claims
• § 31327 — Forfeiture of mortgagee interest
• § 31328 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–324, title XI, § 1113(b)(1) , Oct. 19, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3970 ]
• § 31329 — Court sales of documented vessels
• § 31330 — Penalties

SUBCHAPTER III⁠—MARITIME LIENS (sections 31341 to 31343)

• § 31341 — Persons presumed to have authority to procure necessaries
• § 31342 — Establishing maritime liens
• § 31343 — Recording and discharging notices of claim of maritime lien

CHAPTER 401⁠—GENERAL (sections 40101 to 40104)

• § 40101 — Purposes
• § 40102 — Definitions
• § 40103 — Administrative exemptions
• § 40104 — Reports filed with the Commission

CHAPTER 403⁠—AGREEMENTS (sections 40301 to 40307)

• § 40301 — Application
• § 40302 — Filing requirements
• § 40303 — Content requirements
• § 40304 — Commission action
• § 40305 — Assessment agreements
• § 40306 — Nondisclosure of information
• § 40307 — Exemption from antitrust laws

CHAPTER 405⁠—TARIFFS, SERVICE CONTRACTS, REFUNDS, AND WAIVERS (sections 40501 to 40504)

• § 40501 — General rate and tariff requirements
• § 40502 — Service contracts
• § 40503 — Refunds and waivers
• § 40504 — Shipping exchange registry

CHAPTER 407⁠—CONTROLLED CARRIERS (sections 40701 to 40706)

• § 40701 — Rates
• § 40702 — Rate standards
• § 40703 — Effective date of rates
• § 40704 — Commission review
• § 40705 — Presidential review of Commission orders
• § 40706 — Exceptions

CHAPTER 409⁠—OCEAN TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES (sections 40901 to 40904)

• § 40901 — License requirement
• § 40902 — Financial responsibility
• § 40903 — Suspension or revocation of license
• § 40904 — Compensation by common carriers

CHAPTER 411⁠—PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES (sections 41101 to 41110)

• § 41101 — Joint ventures and consortiums
• § 41102 — General prohibitions
• § 41103 — Disclosure of information
• § 41104 — Common carriers
• § 41105 — Concerted action
• § 41105A — Authority
• § 41106 — Marine terminal operators
• § 41107 — Monetary penalties or refunds
• § 41108 — Additional penalties
• § 41109 — Assessment of penalties
• § 41110 — Data collection

CHAPTER 413⁠—ENFORCEMENT (sections 41301 to 41310)

• § 41301 — Complaints
• § 41302 — Investigations
• § 41303 — Discovery and subpoenas
• § 41304 — Hearings and orders
• § 41305 — Award of reparations
• § 41306 — Injunctive relief sought by complainants
• § 41307 — Injunctive relief sought by the Commission
• § 41308 — Enforcement of subpoenas and orders
• § 41309 — Enforcement of reparation orders
• § 41310 — Charge complaints

CHAPTER 421⁠—REGULATIONS AFFECTING SHIPPING IN FOREIGN TRADE (sections 42101 to 42109)

• § 42101 — Regulations of the Commission
• § 42102 — Regulations of other agencies
• § 42103 — No preference to Government-owned vessels
• § 42104 — Information, witnesses, and evidence
• § 42105 — Disclosure to public
• § 42106 — Other actions to remedy unfavorable conditions
• § 42107 — Refusal of clearance and entry
• § 42108 — Penalty for operating under suspended tariff or service contract
• § 42109 — Consultation with other agencies

CHAPTER 423⁠—FOREIGN SHIPPING PRACTICES (sections 42301 to 42307)

• § 42301 — Definitions
• § 42302 — Investigations
• § 42303 — Information requests
• § 42304 — Action against foreign carriers
• § 42305 — Refusal of clearance and entry
• § 42306 — Submission of determinations to President
• § 42307 — Review of regulations and orders

CHAPTER 425⁠—NATIONAL SHIPPER ADVISORY COMMITTEE (sections 42501 to 42503)

• § 42501 — Definitions
• § 42502 — National Shipper Advisory Committee
• § 42503 — Administration

CHAPTER 441⁠—EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION (sections 44101 to 44106)

• § 44101 — Application
• § 44102 — Financial responsibility to indemnify passengers for nonperformance of transportation
• § 44103 — Financial responsibility to pay liability for death or injury
• § 44104 — Civil penalty
• § 44105 — Refusal of clearance
• § 44106 — Conduct of proceedings

CHAPTER 461⁠—FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION (sections 46101 to 46108)

• § 46101 — General organization
• § 46102 — Quorum
• § 46103 — Meetings
• § 46104 — Delegation of authority
• § 46105 — Regulations
• § 46106 — Annual report and public disclosure
• § 46107 — Expenditures
• § 46108 — Authorization of appropriations

CHAPTER 501⁠—POLICY, STUDIES, AND REPORTS (sections 50101 to 50114)

• § 50101 — Objectives and policy
• § 50102 — Survey of merchant marine
• § 50103 — Determinations of essential services
• § 50104 — Studies of general maritime problems
• § 50105 — Studies and cooperation relating to the construction of vessels
• § 50106 — Studies on the operation of vessels
• § 50107 — Studies on marine insurance
• § 50108 — Studies on cargo carriage and cargo containers
• § 50109 — Miscellaneous studies
• § 50110 — Securing preference to vessels of the United States
• § 50111 — Submission of annual MARAD authorization request
• § 50112 — National Maritime Enhancement Institutes
• § 50113 — Use and performance reports by operators of vessels
• § 50114 — National maritime strategy

CHAPTER 503⁠—ADMINISTRATIVE (sections 50301 to 50309)

• § 50301 — Vessel Operations Revolving Fund
• § 50302 — Port development
• § 50303 — Operating property and extending term of notes
• § 50304 — Sale and transfer of property
• § 50305 — Appointment of trustee or receiver and operation of vessels
• § 50306 — Requiring testimony and records in investigations
• § 50307 — Maritime environmental and technical assistance program
• § 50308 — Maritime transportation system emergency relief program
• § 50309 — Securing logistics information data of the United States

CHAPTER 504⁠—COMMITTEES (sections 50401 to 50402)

• § 50401 — United States Committee on the Marine Transportation System
• § 50402 — Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee

CHAPTER 505⁠—OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 50501 to 50505)

• § 50501 — Entities deemed citizens of the United States
• § 50502 — Applicability to receivers, trustees, successors, and assigns
• § 50503 — Oceanographic research vessels
• § 50504 — Sailing school vessels
• § 50505 — Consistent approval of existing categorical exclusions

CHAPTER 511⁠—GENERAL (sections 51101 to 51104)

• § 51101 — Policy
• § 51102 — Definitions
• § 51103 — General authority of Secretary of Transportation
• § 51104 — General authority of Secretary of the Navy

CHAPTER 513⁠—UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY (sections 51301 to 51328)

• § 51301 — Maintenance of the Academy
• § 51302 — Nomination and competitive appointment of cadets
• § 51302a — Nomination in event of death, resignation, or expulsion from office of Senator otherwise authorized to nominate
• § 51303 — Non-competitive appointments
• § 51304 — Additional appointments from particular areas
• § 51305 — Prohibited basis for appointment
• § 51306 — Cadet commitment agreements
• § 51307 — Places of training
• § 51308 — Uniforms, textbooks, and transportation allowances
• § 51309 — Academic degree
• § 51310 — Deferment of service obligation under cadet commitment agreements
• § 51311 — Midshipman status in the Navy Reserve
• § 51312 — Board of Visitors
• § 51313 — Advisory Board
• § 51314 — Limitation on charges and fees for attendance
• § 51315 — Gifts to the Merchant Marine Academy
• § 51316 — Temporary appointments to the Academy
• § 51317 — Adjunct professors
• § 51318 — Policy on sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking
• § 51319 — Sexual assault response coordinators and sexual assault victim advocates
• § 51320 — Acceptance of guarantees with gifts for major projects
• § 51321 — Grants for scientific and educational research
• § 51322 — Protection of cadets from sexual assault onboard vessels
• § 51323 — United States Merchant Marine Academy Advisory Council
• § 51324 — Unfilled vacancies
• § 51325 — Sexual assault and sexual harassment prevention information management system
• § 51326 — Student advisory board at the United States Merchant Marine Academy
• § 51327 — Sexual Assault Advisory Council
• § 51328 — Student support

CHAPTER 515⁠—STATE MARITIME ACADEMY SUPPORT PROGRAM (sections 51501 to 51511)

• § 51501 — General support program
• § 51502 — Detailing of personnel
• § 51503 — Regional maritime academies
• § 51504 — Use of training vessels
• § 51505 — Annual payments for maintenance and support
• § 51506 — Conditions to receiving payments and use of vessels
• § 51507 — Places of training
• § 51508 — Allowances for students
• § 51509 — Student incentive payment agreements
• § 51510 — Deferment of service obligation under student incentive payment agreements
• § 51511 — Midshipman status in the Navy Reserve

CHAPTER 517⁠—OTHER SUPPORT FOR MERCHANT MARINE TRAINING (sections 51701 to 51707)

• § 51701 — United States Maritime Service
• § 51702 — Civilian nautical schools
• § 51703 — Additional training
• § 51704 — Training for maritime oil pollution prevention, response, and clean-up
• § 51705 — Training for use of force against piracy
• § 51706 — Centers of excellence for domestic maritime workforce training and education
• § 51707 — Merchant mariner recruitment, training, and retention strategic plan

CHAPTER 519⁠—MERCHANT MARINE AWARDS (sections 51901 to 51908)

• § 51901 — Awards for individual acts or service
• § 51902 — Gallant Ship Award
• § 51903 — Multiple awards
• § 51904 — Presentation to representatives
• § 51905 — Flags and grave markers
• § 51906 — Special certificates for civilian service to armed forces
• § 51907 — Provision of decorations, medals, and replacements
• § 51908 — Prohibition against unauthorized manufacture, sale, possession, or display of awards

CHAPTER 521⁠—MISCELLANEOUS (section 52101)

• § 52101 — Reemployment rights for certain merchant seamen

CHAPTER 531⁠—MARITIME SECURITY FLEET (sections 53101 to 53111)

• § 53101 — Definitions
• § 53102 — Establishment of Maritime Security Fleet
• § 53103 — Award of operating agreements
• § 53104 — Effectiveness of operating agreements
• § 53105 — Obligations and rights under operating agreements
• § 53106 — Payments
• § 53107 — National security requirements
• § 53108 — Regulatory relief
• § 53109 — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXV, § 3508(h) , Jan. 2, 2013 , 126 Stat. 2225 ]
• § 53110 — Regulations
• § 53111 — Authorization of appropriations

CHAPTER 532⁠—CABLE SECURITY FLEET (sections 53201 to 53209)

• § 53201 — Definitions
• § 53202 — Establishment of the Cable Security Fleet
• § 53203 — Award of operating agreements
• § 53204 — Effectiveness of operating agreements
• § 53205 — Obligations and rights under operating agreements
• § 53206 — Payments
• § 53207 — National security requirements
• § 53208 — Regulatory relief
• § 53209 — Authorization of appropriations

CHAPTER 533⁠—CONSTRUCTION RESERVE FUNDS (sections 53301 to 53312)

• § 53301 — Definitions
• § 53302 — Authority for construction reserve funds
• § 53303 — Persons eligible to establish funds
• § 53304 — Vessel ownership
• § 53305 — Eligible fund deposits
• § 53306 — Recognition of gain for tax purposes
• § 53307 — Basis for determining gain or loss and for depreciating new vessels
• § 53308 — Order and proportions of deposits and withdrawals
• § 53309 — Accumulation of deposits
• § 53310 — Obligation of deposits and period for construction of certain vessels
• § 53311 — Taxation of deposits on failure of conditions
• § 53312 — Assessment and collection of deficiency tax

CHAPTER 534⁠—TANKER SECURITY FLEET (sections 53401 to 53412)

• § 53401 — Definitions
• § 53402 — Establishment of the Tanker Security Fleet
• § 53403 — Award of operating agreements
• § 53404 — Effectiveness of operating agreements
• § 53405 — Obligations and rights under operating agreements
• § 53406 — Payments
• § 53407 — National security requirements
• § 53408 — Regulatory relief
• § 53409 — Special rule regarding age of participating Fleet vessels
• § 53410 — Regulations
• § 53411 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 53412 — Acquisition of Fleet vessels

CHAPTER 535⁠—CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUNDS (sections 53501 to 53517)

• § 53501 — Definitions
• § 53502 — Regulations
• § 53503 — Establishing a capital construction fund
• § 53504 — Deposits and withdrawals
• § 53505 — Ceiling on deposits
• § 53506 — Investment and fiduciary requirements
• § 53507 — Nontaxation of deposits
• § 53508 — Separate accounts within a fund
• § 53509 — Qualified withdrawals
• § 53510 — Tax treatment of qualified withdrawals and basis of property
• § 53511 — Tax treatment of nonqualified withdrawals
• § 53512 — FIFO and LIFO withdrawals
• § 53513 — Corporate reorganizations and partnership changes
• § 53514 — Relationship of old fund to new fund
• § 53515 — Records and reports
• § 53516 — Termination of agreement after change in regulations
• § 53517 — Reports

CHAPTER 537⁠—LOANS AND GUARANTEES (sections 53701 to 53735)

CHAPTER 539⁠—WAR RISK INSURANCE (sections 53901 to 53912)

• § 53901 — Definitions
• § 53902 — Authority to provide insurance
• § 53903 — Insurable interests
• § 53904 — Liability insurance for persons involved in war or defense efforts
• § 53905 — Agency insurance
• § 53906 — Hull insurance valuation
• § 53907 — Reinsurance
• § 53908 — Additional insurance privately obtained
• § 53909 — War risk insurance revolving fund
• § 53910 — Administrative
• § 53911 — Civil actions for losses
• § 53912 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(a) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 2308 ]

CHAPTER 541⁠—MISCELLANEOUS (sections 54101 to 54102)

• § 54101 — Assistance for small shipyards
• § 54102 — Renumbered § 51706]

CHAPTER 543⁠—PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (section 54301)

• § 54301 — Port infrastructure development program

CHAPTER 551⁠—COASTWISE TRADE (sections 55101 to 55123)

• § 55101 — Application of coastwise laws
• § 55102 — Transportation of merchandise
• § 55103 — Transportation of passengers
• § 55104 — Transportation of passengers between Puerto Rico and other ports in the United States
• § 55105 — Transportation of hazardous waste
• § 55106 — Merchandise transferred between barges
• § 55107 — Empty cargo containers and barges
• § 55108 — Platform jackets
• § 55109 — Dredging
• § 55110 — Transportation of valueless material or dredged material
• § 55111 — Towing
• § 55112 — Vessel escort operations and towing assistance
• § 55113 — Use of foreign documented oil spill response vessels
• § 55114 — Unloading fish from foreign vessels
• § 55115 — Supplies on fish processing vessels
• § 55116 — Canadian rail lines
• § 55117 — Great Lakes rail route
• § 55118 — Foreign railroads whose road enters by ferry, tugboat, or towboat
• § 55119 — Yukon River
• § 55120 — Transshipment of imported merchandise intended for immediate exportation
• § 55121 — Transportation of merchandise and passengers on Canadian vessels
• § 55122 — Floating dry docks
• § 55123 — Priority loading for coal

CHAPTER 553⁠—PASSENGER AND CARGO PREFERENCES (sections 55301 to 55336)

[CHAPTER 555⁠—TRANSFERRED] (section 55501)

• § 55501 — Renumbered §§ 50401, 50402]

CHAPTER 556⁠—MARINE HIGHWAYS (sections 55601 to 55605)

• § 55601 — United States marine highway program
• § 55602 — Cargo and shippers
• § 55603 — Multistate, State, Tribal, and regional transportation planning
• § 55604 — Research on marine highway transportation
• § 55605 — Definitions

CHAPTER 561⁠—RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS (sections 56101 to 56105)

• § 56101 — Approval required to transfer vessel to noncitizen
• § 56102 — Additional controls during war or national emergency
• § 56103 — Conditional approvals
• § 56104 — Penalty for false statements
• § 56105 — Forfeiture procedure

CHAPTER 563⁠—EMERGENCY ACQUISITION OF VESSELS (sections 56301 to 56312)

• § 56301 — General authority
• § 56302 — Charter terms
• § 56303 — Compensation
• § 56304 — Disputed compensation
• § 56305 — Vessel encumbrances
• § 56306 — Use and transfer of vessels
• § 56307 — Return of vessels
• § 56308 — Transfer of substitute vessels
• § 56309 — Emergency foreign vessel acquisition; purchase or requisition of vessels lying idle in United States waters
• § 56310 — Voluntary purchase or charter agreements
• § 56311 — Requisitioned vessels
• § 56312 — Documented defined

CHAPTER 565⁠—ESSENTIAL VESSELS AFFECTED BY NEUTRALITY ACT (sections 56501 to 56504)

• § 56501 — Definition
• § 56502 — Adjusting obligations and arranging maintenance
• § 56503 — Types of adjustments and arrangements
• § 56504 — Changes in adjustments and arrangements

CHAPTER 571⁠—GENERAL AUTHORITY (sections 57100 to 57112)

• § 57100 — National Defense Reserve Fleet
• § 57101 — Placement of vessels in National Defense Reserve Fleet
• § 57102 — Disposition of vessels
• § 57103 — Donation of vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
• § 57104 — Acquisition of vessels from sale of obsolete vessels
• § 57105 — Acquisition of vessels for essential services, routes, or lines
• § 57106 — Maintenance, improvement, and operation of vessels
• § 57107 — Vessels for other agencies
• § 57108 — Consideration of ballast and equipment in determining selling price
• § 57109 — Operation of vessels purchased, chartered, or leased from Secretary of Transportation
• § 57110 — Salvage recoveries for subrogated ownership of vessels and cargoes
• § 57111 — Definition of obsolete vessel
• § 57112 — Requirements for purchasing federally auctioned vessels

CHAPTER 573⁠—VESSEL TRADE-IN PROGRAM (sections 57301 to 57308)

• § 57301 — Definitions
• § 57302 — Authority to acquire vessels
• § 57303 — Utility value and tonnage requirements
• § 57304 — Eligible acquisition dates
• § 57305 — Determination of trade-in allowance
• § 57306 — Payment of trade-in allowance
• § 57307 — Recognition of gain for tax purposes
• § 57308 — Use of vessels at least 25 years old

CHAPTER 575⁠—CONSTRUCTION, CHARTER, AND SALE OF VESSELS (sections 57501 to 57533)

CHAPTER 581⁠—RESTRICTIONS AND PENALTIES (sections 58101 to 58109)

• § 58101 — Operating in domestic intercoastal or coastwise service
• § 58102 — Default on payment or maintenance of reserves
• § 58103 — Employing another person as managing or operating agent
• § 58104 — Willful violation constitutes breach of contract or charter
• § 58105 — Preferences for cargo in which charterer has interest
• § 58106 — Concerted discriminatory activities
• § 58107 — Discrimination at ports by water common carriers
• § 58108 — Charges for transportation subject to subtitle IV of title 49
• § 58109 — Penalties

SUBCHAPTER I⁠—VESSEL OPERATIONS (sections 70001 to 70007)

• § 70001 — Vessel traffic services
• § 70002 — Special powers
• § 70003 — Port access routes
• § 70004 — Considerations by Secretary
• § 70005 — International agreements
• § 70006 — Establishment by Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating of anchorage grounds and regulations generally
• § 70007 — Anchorage grounds

SUBCHAPTER II⁠—PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY (sections 70011 to 70014)

• § 70011 — Waterfront safety
• § 70012 — Navigational hazards
• § 70013 — Requirement to notify Coast Guard of release of objects into the navigable waters of the United States
• § 70014 — Aiming laser pointer at vessel

SUBCHAPTER III⁠—CONDITION FOR ENTRY INTO PORTS IN THE UNITED STATES (sections 70021 to 70022)

• § 70021 — Conditions for entry to ports in the United States
• § 70022 — Prohibition on entry and operation

SUBCHAPTER IV⁠—DEFINITIONS, REGULATIONS, ENFORCEMENT, INVESTIGATORY POWERS, APPLICABILITY (sections 70031 to 70036)

• § 70031 — Definitions
• § 70032 — Delegation of ports and waterways authorities in Saint Lawrence Seaway
• § 70033 — Limitation on application to foreign vessels
• § 70034 — Regulations
• § 70035 — Investigatory powers
• § 70036 — Enforcement

SUBCHAPTER V⁠—REGATTAS AND MARINE PARADES (section 70041)

• § 70041 — Regattas and marine parades

SUBCHAPTER VI⁠—REGULATION OF VESSELS IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF UNITED STATES (sections 70051 to 70054)

• § 70051 — Regulation of anchorage and movement of vessels during national emergency
• § 70052 — Seizure and forfeiture of vessel; fine and imprisonment
• § 70053 — Enforcement provisions
• § 70054 — Definitions

SUBCHAPTER I⁠—GENERAL (sections 70101 to 70125)

• § 70101 — Definitions
• § 70102 — United States facility and vessel vulnerability assessments
• § 70102a — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8507(d)(1), Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 4754 ]
• § 70103 — Maritime transportation security plans
• § 70104 — Transportation security incident response
• § 70105 — Transportation worker identification credentials
• § 70106 — Deployable, specialized forces
• § 70107 — Grants
• § 70107A — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–254, div. J, § 1809(a)(1) , Oct. 5, 2018 , 132 Stat. 3537 ]
• § 70108 — Foreign port assessment
• § 70109 — Notifying foreign authorities
• § 70110 — Actions and assistance for foreign ports or facilities and United States territories
• § 70111 — Enhanced crewmember identification
• § 70112 — Maritime Security Advisory Committees
• § 70113 — Maritime intelligence
• § 70114 — Automatic identification systems
• § 70115 — Long-range vessel tracking system
• § 70116 — Port, harbor, and coastal facility security
• § 70117 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–281, title II, § 208(b) , Oct. 15, 2010 , 124 Stat. 2912 ]
• § 70118 — Enforcement by State and local officers
• § 70119 — Civil penalty
• § 70120 — In rem liability for civil penalties and certain costs
• § 70121 — Withholding of clearance
• § 70122 — Waterway Watch Program
• § 70123 — Mobile biometric identification
• § 70124 — Regulations
• § 70125 — Port security training for facility security officers

SUBCHAPTER II⁠—PORT SECURITY ZONES (sections 70131 to 70132)

• § 70131 — Definitions
• § 70132 — Credentialing standards, training, and certification for State and local support for the enforcement of security zones for the transportation of especially hazardous cargo