Title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Title 46 is the portion of the Code of Federal Regulations that governs shipping within the United States for the United States Coast Guard, the United States Maritime Administration, and the United States Maritime Commission. It is available in digital or printed form.
Title 46 and Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations are usually consulted by Classification societies, engineering firms, deck officers on oceangoing vessels, and marine engineers.
It is divided into four chapters:
- Chapter I — United States Coast Guard,
- Chapter II — United States Maritime Administration,
- Chapter III — United States Coast Guard, and
- Chapter IV — United States Maritime Commission.
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
| Part | Title | Comments |
| 400 | ||
| 401 | Great Lakes pilotage regulations | |
| 402 | Great Lakes pilotage rules and orders | |
| 403 | Great Lakes pilotage uniform accounting system | - |
| 404 | Great Lakes pilotage ratemaking |
Chapter IV
| Part | Title | Comments |
| 500 | ||
| 501 | The Federal Maritime Commission--General | |
| 502 | Rules of practice and procedure | |
| 503 | Public information | |
| 504 | Procedures for environmental policy analysis | |
| 505 | Administrative offset | |
| 506 | Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment | |
| 507 | Enforcement of nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs or activities conducted by the Federal Maritime Commission | |
| 508 | Employee ethical conduct standards and financial disclosure regulations | |
| 515 | Licensing, financial responsibility requirements, and general duties for ocean transportation intermediaries | |
| 520 | Carrier automated tariffs | |
| 525 | Marine terminal operator schedules | |
| 530 | Service contracts | |
| 531 | NVOCC Service arrangements | |
| 535 | Ocean common carrier and marine terminal operator agreements subject to the Shipping Act of 1984 | |
| 540 | Passenger vessel financial responsibility | |
| 545 | Interpretations and statements of policy | |
| 550 | Regulations to adjust or meet conditions unfavorable to shipping in the foreign trade of the United States | |
| 551 | Actions to adjust or meet conditions unfavorable to shipping in the U.S. foreign trade | |
| 555 | Actions to address adverse conditions affecting U.S.-flag carriers that do not exist for foreign carriers in the United States | |
| 560 | Actions to address conditions unduly impairing access of U.S.-flag vessels to ocean trade between foreign ports | |
| 565 | Controlled carriers |