46 CFR 68.13
§ 68.13 Privileges conferred—documentation of vessel.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 68.13, § 68.13 Privileges conferred—documentation of vessel, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/225638
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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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.