[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: 46CFR35.20-1]

[Page 480]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 35_OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart 35.20_Navigation
 
Sec. 35.20-1  Notice to mariners; aids to navigation--T/OCLB.


    (a) Licensed 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, and neglect to do so is 
evidence of neglect of duty. It is desirable that vessels navigating 
oceans and coastwise and Great Lakes water shall 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), published by 
the Commander, 9th Coast Guard District, contain 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.
    (d) As appropriate for the intended voyage, all vessels must carry 
adequate and up-to-date:
    (1) Charts;
    (2) Sailing directions;
    (3) Coast pilots;
    (4) Light lists;
    (5) Notices to mariners;
    (6) Tide tables;
    (7) Current tables; and
    (8) All other nautical publications necessary. \1\
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    \1\ For United States vessels in or on the navigable waters of the 
United States, see 33 CFR 164.33.

[CGFR 66-33, 31 FR 15268, Dec. 6, 1966, as amended by CGFR 68-32, 33 FR 
5714, Apr. 12, 1968; CGD 75-074, 42 FR 5963, Jan. 31, 1977; CGD 88-070, 
53 FR 34534, Sept. 7, 1988; USCG-2001-10224, 66 FR 48619, Sept. 21, 
2001]