Title 46

SECTION 68.13

68.13 Privileges conferred - documentation of vessel.

§ 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]

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