46 CFR 140.400
§ 140.400 Personnel records.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 140.400, § 140.400 Personnel records, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/228132
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(a) The master of each towing vessel must keep an accurate list of crewmembers and their assigned positions and responsibilities aboard the vessel.
(b) The master must keep an accurate list of individuals to be carried as persons in addition to the crew and any passengers.
(c) The date and time that a navigation watchstander, including master, officer in charge of a navigational watch, and lookout assumes a watch and is relieved of a watch must be recorded in the towing vessel record (TVR), official logbook, or in accordance with the TSMS applicable to the vessel. If an engineering watch is maintained, comparable records documenting the engineering watch are required.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.