[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR15.101]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 15_MANNING REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart A_Purpose and Applicability
 
Sec. 15.101  Purpose of regulations.




                   Subpart A_Purpose and Applicability

Sec.
15.101 Purpose of regulations.
15.102 Paperwork approval.
15.103 General.
15.105 Incorporation by reference.

                      Subpart B_Definition of Terms

15.301 Definitions of terms used in this part.

               Subpart C_Manning Requirements; All Vessels

15.401 Employment and service within restrictions of license or 
          document.
15.405 Familiarity with vessel characteristics.
15.410 Licensed individuals for assistance towing vessels.

            Subpart D_Manning Requirements; Inspected Vessels

15.501 Certificate of inspection.
15.505 Changes in the certificate of inspection.
15.510 Right of appeal.
15.515 Compliance with certificate of inspection.
15.520 Mobile offshore drilling units.
15.525 Reference to other parts.

           Subpart E_Manning Requirements; Uninspected Vessels

15.601 General.
15.605 Licensed operators for uninspected passenger vessels.
15.610 Master and mate (pilot) of towing vessels.

              Subpart F_Limitations and Qualifying Factors

15.701 Officers Competency Certificates Convention, 1936.
15.705 Watches.
15.710 Working hours.
15.715 Automated vessels.
15.720 Use of non-U.S. licensed and/or documented personnel.
15.725 Sailing short.
15.730 Language requirements.

                         Subpart G_Computations

15.801 General.
15.805 Master.
15.810 Mates.
15.812 Pilots.
15.815 Radar observers.
15.820 Chief engineer.
15.825 Engineers.
15.830 Radio officers.
15.835 Staff officers.
15.840 Able seamen.
15.845 Lifeboatmen.
15.850 Lookouts.
15.855 Cabin watchmen and fire patrolmen.
15.860 Tankerman.

                          Subpart H_Equivalents

15.901 Inspected vessels of less than 100 gross tons.
15.905 Uninspected passenger vessels.
15.910 Towing vessels.
15.915 Engineer licenses.

                   Subpart I_Vessels in Foreign Trade

15.1001 General.
15.1010 California.
15.1020 Hawaii.
15.1030 New York and New Jersey.
15.1040 Massachusetts.
15.1050 North Carolina.

            Subpart J_Vessels Subject to Requirements of STCW

15.1101 General.
15.1103 Employment and service within restrictions of a license, 
          document, and STCW endorsement or of a certificate of 
          training.

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15.1105 Familiarization and basic safety-training.
15.1107 Maintenance of merchant mariners' records by owner or operator.
15.1109 Watches.
15.1111 Work hours and rest periods.

    Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, 3306, 3703, 8101, 8102, 8104, 8105, 
8301, 8304, 8502, 8503, 8701, 8702, 8901, 8902, 8903, 8904, 8905(b), 
8906 and 9102; and Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 
0170.1.

    Source: CGD 81-059, 52 FR 38652, Oct. 16, 1987, unless otherwise 
noted.



    The purpose of the regulations in this part is to set forth uniform 
minimum requirements for the manning of vessels. In general, they 
implement, interpret, or apply the specific statutory manning 
requirements in title 46, U.S.C., parts E & F, implement various 
international conventions which affect merchant marine personnel, and 
provide the means for establishing the complement necessary for safe 
operation of vessels.