[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR47.110]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 47_COMBINATION LOAD LINES--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 47.110  Definitions used in this part.

    (a) International service means:
    (1) A voyage by sea between a port under the jurisdiction of the 
United States and a port of a foreign country, its colonies, 
territories, or protectorates, or conversely (a voyage exclusively on 
the Great Lakes is excepted); or
    (2) A voyage that proceeds beyond 20 nautical miles from the 
territorial sea baseline.
    (b) Great Lakes service means a voyage from a United States port or 
place on the Great Lakes to another United States port or place on the 
Great Lakes or to a Canadian port or place on the Great Lakes, or 
conversely. In concurrence with related Canadian regulations, the waters 
of the St. Lawrence River west of a rhumb line drawn from Cap de Rosiers 
to West Point, Anticosti Island, and west of a line along 63[deg] W. 
Longitude from Anticosti Island to the north shore of the St. Lawrence 
River shall be considered as part of the Great Lakes. In addition, the 
Victoria Bridge, Montreal, Canada, is the dividing line between fresh 
water and salt water in the St. Lawrence River.

Subparts B-E [Reserved]