[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR196.05-1]

[Page 400]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 196_OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart 196.05_Notice to Mariners and Aids to Navigation
 
Sec. 196.05-1  Duty of officers.


    (a) Licensed deck officers are required to acquaint themselves with 
the latest information published by the Coast Guard and the National 
Imagery and Mapping Agency regarding aids to navigation. Neglect to do 
so is evidence of neglect of duty. It is desirable that all vessels have 
available in the pilothouse for convenient reference at all times a file 
of the applicable Notice to Mariners.
    (b) Weekly Notices to Mariners (Great Lakes Edition) as published by 
the Commander, 9th Coast Guard District, contains announcements and 
information on changes in aids to navigation and other marine 
information affecting the safety of navigation on the Great Lakes. These 
notices may be obtained free of charge, by making application to 
Commander, 9th Coast Guard District.
    (c) Weekly Notices to Mariners (worldwide coverage) are prepared 
jointly by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, National Ocean 
Service, and the U.S. Coast Guard. They include changes in aids to 
navigation in assembled form for the 1st, 5th, 7th, Greater Antilles 
Section, 8th, 11th, 13th, 14th, and 17th Coast Guard Districts. Foreign 
marine information is also included in these notices. These notices are 
available without charge from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, 
U.S. Collector of Customs of the major seaports in the United States and 
are also on file in the U.S. Consulates where they may be inspected.

[CGFR 67-83, 33 FR 1158, Jan. 27, 1968, as amended by CGFR 68-32, 33 FR 
5729, Apr. 12, 1968; CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51220, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-2001-
10224, 66 FR 48621, Sept. 21, 2001]