Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Nov 04, 2024
§ 68.13 - Privileges conferred—documentation of vessel.

The special citizenship status created by the Act entitles the 883-1 corporation to document certain vessels for certain limited purposes:

(a) An 883-1 corporation may document under the Act only vessels which are qualified for employment in the coastwise trade and which are either non-self propelled or, if self-propelled, are of less than 500 gross tons.

(b) A vessel owned by an 883-1 corporation and meeting the criteria in paragraph (a) of this section may be documented only for use in the coastwise trade subject to the restrictions in § 68.17.

(c) Section 68.19 contains details concerning the documentation of vessels by an 883-1 corporation.

[CGD 80-107, 47 FR 27511, June 24, 1982. Redesignated and amended by USCG-2005-20258, 71 FR 61418, Oct. 18, 2006]
authority: 14 U.S.C. 946; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 9118; 46 U.S.C. 2103,2110; 46 U.S.C. app. 876; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1
source: CGD 80-107, 47 FR 27511, June 24, 1982, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 68.13