The lines in this part delineate the application of the following U.S. statutes: 33 U.S.C. 152 relating to the length of towing hawsers; 33 U.S.C. 1201 et seq., the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act; 46 U.S.C. 5102(b)(6), which exempt from load line requirements certain vessels on domestic voyages; 46 U.S.C. 3301(6) requiring the inspection of seagoing barges which are defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101; 46 U.S.C. 3301(7) requiring the inspection of seagoing motor vessels which are defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101; 46 U.S.C. 3302(d) which exempts from inspection requirements certain vessels under 150 gross tons that operate within the waters of southeastern Alaska and the State of Washington; and 46 U.S.C. 8304, “Implementing the Officers' Competency Certificates Convention, 1936.”
[CGD 81-058, 50 FR 25230, June 18, 1985, as amended by CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51195, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-1998-4442, 63 FR 52188, Sept. 30, 1998; USCG-2024-1103, 90 FR 52879, Nov. 24, 2025]
Notes of Decisions
Contango Operators, Inc. v. United States, 9 F. Supp. 3d 735 (S.D. Tex. 2014).
“701(b) only applies to vessels “navigating seaward of the Boundary Lines” established in 46 C.F.R. §§ 7.1 to 7.180. Id. § 15.701(a).”
Walton v. E S & H, Inc., 296 F.R.D. 470 (E.D. La. 2013).
“It is inside the Boundary Line (which “marks the dividing point between internal and offshore waters for several legal purposes,” including load line requirements and inspection requirements) and inside the Demarcation Line (“which is the dividing point between domestic…”
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