Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 16, 2025

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Feb 03, 2025
§ 176.840 - Additional tests and inspections.

The cognizant OCMI may require that a vessel and its equipment undergo any additional test or inspection deemed reasonable and necessary to determine that the vessel and its equipment are suitable for the service in which they are to be employed.

authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 2103,3205,3306,3307; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 743; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1
source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 953, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 176.840