Title 46
SECTION 2.10-101
2.10-101 Annual vessel inspection fee.
§ 2.10-101 Annual vessel inspection fee.(a)(1) Unless otherwise provided by this subpart, each vessel required to have a Certificate of Inspection is subject to the annual vessel inspection fee listed in table 2.10-101 for its vessel category.
(2) A vessel certificated for more than one service must pay only the higher of the two applicable fees in table 2.10-101 of this section.
(b) The vessel owner or operator must pay the annual vessel inspection fee each year on or before the vessel's user fee anniversary date, unless the fee has been prepaid under § 2.10-105 of this subpart.
(c) Payment of the annual vessel inspection fee entitles a vessel to all inspection services related to compliance with its Certificate of Inspection, including but not limited to the inspection for renewal of the Certificate of Inspection, reinspections (annual and periodic inspections), hull (drydock) inspections, deficiency inspections, damage surveys, repair and modification inspections, change in vessel service inspections, permit to proceed inspections, drydock extension inspections, and all inspections required for the issuance of international certificates.
(d) Entitlement to inspection services for the current year remains with the vessel if it is sold. The entitlement to inspection services may not be transferred to any other vessel.
Table 2.10-101 - Annual Vessel Inspection Fees for U.S. and Foreign Vessels Requiring a Certificate of Inspection
| Any inspected vessel not listed in this table | $1,030 |
| Freight Barges: | |
| Length not greater than 150 feet | 495 |
| More than 150 feet but not more than 300 feet | 610 |
| More than 300 feet | 955 |
| Freight Ships: | |
| Length not greater than 100 feet | 1,425 |
| More than 100 feet but no more than 300 feet | 1,870 |
| More than 300 feet | 5,410 |
| Industrial Vessels: | |
| Length not greater than 200 feet | 1,435 |
| More than 200 feet | 2,550 |
| Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs): | |
| Drill ship MODUs | 6,710 |
| Submersible MODUs | 4,695 |
| Self-elevating MODUs | 4,695 |
| Semi-submersible MODUs | 8,050 |
| Nautical School Vessels: | |
| Length not greater than 100 feet | 835 |
| More than 100 feet but not more than 200 feet | 1,450 |
| More than 200 feet | 7,205 |
| Oceanographic Research Vessels: | |
| Length not greater than 170 feet | 840 |
| More than 170 feet but not more than 240 feet | 1,980 |
| More than 240 feet | 3,610 |
| Offshore Supply Vessels: | |
| Length not greater than 140 feet | 1,135 |
| More than 140 feet | 1,470 |
| Offshore Supply Vessels: Alternate Reinspection Program *: | |
| Length not greater than 140 feet | 940 |
| More than 140 feet | 1,260 |
| Passenger Barges: | |
| Less than 100 gross tons and: | |
| Less than 65 feet in length | 300 |
| 65 feet or more in length | 600 |
| 100 gross tons or more and: | |
| Certified for fewer than 150 passengers | 2,215 |
| Certified for 150 or more passengers | 2,525 |
| Passenger Ships: | |
| Length not greater than 250 feet: | |
| Certified for fewer than 150 passengers | 3,600 |
| Certified for 150 or more passengers | 4,050 |
| More than 250 feet but not more than 350 feet | 5,330 |
| More than 350 feet but not more than 450 feet | 6,835 |
| More than 450 feet | 14,650 |
| Sailing School Vessels: | |
| Length not greater than 30 feet | 530 |
| More than 30 feet but not more than 65 feet | 560 |
| More than 65 feet | 980 |
| Sea-going Towing Vessels | 2,915 |
| Small Passenger Vessels: | |
| Less than 65 feet in length | 300 |
| 65 feet or more in length | 600 |
| Tank Barges | 500 |
| Tankships: | |
| Length not greater than 100 feet | 1,295 |
| More than 100 feet but not more than 300 feet | 2,310 |
| More than 300 feet | 5,805 |
| Liquefied Gas Tankships | 12,120 |
* Note: Eligibility for the reduced annual vessel inspection fee for Offshore Supply Vessels is contingent upon the vessel's continued acceptance in the alternative reinspection program by the cognizant Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection.