33 U.S.C. § 1201
Statement of purpose
It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a positive means whereby the operators of approaching vessels can communicate their intentions to one another through voice radio, located convenient to the operator’s navigation station. To effectively accomplish this, there is need for a specific frequency or frequencies dedicated to the exchange of navigational information, on navigable waters of the United States.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1976–2015 · leading case: Allied Chem. Corp. v. Hess Tankship Co., 661 F.2d 1044 (5th Cir. 1981).
Allied Chem. Corp. v. Hess Tankship Co., 661 F.2d 1044 (5th Cir. 1981). “Specifically, the Court found that SOCRATES was a vessel underway for navigational purposes throughout its sojourn on the west bank and thus had a duty, a duty that it breached, to sound fog signals, post a lookout, maintain a radio watch in conformity with the Vessel…”
Getty Oil Co.(E. Operations), Inc. v. Ss Ponce De Leon, 409 F. Supp. 909 (S.D.N.Y. 1976). “The Ponce De Leon’s bridge-to-bridge radio telephone was set on Channel 13 and was being monitored as required by the Bridge to Bridge Telephone Act, 33 U.S. C.A. § 1201 et seq. (Ex. 16, pp. 19, 20, 33, 48, 59; Ex.”
Allied Chem. Corp. v. Hess Tankship Co., 526 F. Supp. 1333 (E.D. La. 1979). “Radio: Also contributing to the collision was the failure of the SOCRATES to maintain a proper watch in conformity with the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1201 et seq. SOCRATES argues that it was not responsible for keeping the “listening” watch required…”
Afran Transp. Co. v. S/T MARIA VENIZELOS, 450 F. Supp. 621 (E.D. Pa. 1978). “Section 2 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1201 , states: “It is the purpose of this Act to provide a positive means whereby the operators of approaching vessels can communicate their intentions to one another through voice radio, located convenient to the operator’s navigation station.”
Ins. Co. of North Am. v. John J. Bordlee Contractors, Inc., 532 F. Supp. 774 (E.D. La. 1982). “We hold that the PINA was in violation of the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1201 et seq. which requires at § 1204 that all vessels in navigation maintain a listening watch.”
the Port of Houston Auth. of Harris Cnty., Texas v. Zachry Constr. Corp. (Tex. App. 2015). “33 U.S.C. §§ 1201 , et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act.”
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