[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: 46CFR14.203]

[Page 246]
 
                           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. 14.203  Voyages upon which shipping articles are not required.

    Although they may be used for the voyage; shipping articles are not 
required for any voyage by--
    (a) A yacht;
    (b) A vessel engaged exclusively in fishing or whaling;
    (c) A vessel aboard which the merchant mariners are by custom or 
agreement entitled to participate in the profits or results of a cruise 
or voyage;
    (d) A vessel employed exclusively in trade on the navigable rivers 
of the United States; or
    (e) A ferry, or a tug used in ferrying, if the vessel is employed 
exclusively in trade on the Great Lakes, other lakes, bays, sounds, 
bayous, canals, or harbors.