[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR14.201]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 14_SHIPMENT AND DISCHARGE OF MERCHANT MARINERS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B_Shipment of Merchant Mariners
 
Sec. 14.201  Voyages upon which shipping articles are required.


    (a) Before proceeding either upon a foreign, intercoastal, or 
coastwise voyage (including a voyage on the Great Lakes) listed in 
paragraph (b) of this section or with the engagement or replacement of a 
merchant mariner for such a voyage, each master or individual in charge 
of a vessel or seagoing

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barge of the United States shall execute shipping articles however 
prepared, manually or electronically. The master or individual in charge 
and each mariner engaged or replaced shall sign the articles.
    (b) Except as provided by Sec. 14.203, articles are required upon 
each voyage by a vessel of the United States--
    (1) Of 100 gross tons or more, on a foreign voyage, which is a 
voyage from a port in the United States to any foreign port other than a 
port in--
    (i) Canada;
    (ii) Mexico; or
    (iii) The West Indies.
    (2) Of 75 gross tons or more on a voyage between a port of the 
United States on the Atlantic Ocean and a port of the United States on 
the Pacific Coast; or
    (3) Of 50 gross tons or more on a voyage between a port in one State 
and a port in another State other than an adjoining State.