46 CFR 121.420
§ 121.420 Charts and nautical publications.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 121.420, § 121.420 Charts and nautical publications, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/227630
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(a) As appropriate for the intended voyage, a vessel must carry adequate and up-to-date:
(1) Charts of large enough scale to make safe navigation possible;
(2) U.S. Coast Pilot or similar publication;
(3) Coast Guard Light List;
(4) Tide tables; and
(5) Current tables, or a river current publication issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or a river authority.
(b) Extracts from the publications listed above for the areas to be transited may be provided instead of the complete publication.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.