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33 CFR § 101.310 - Additional communication devices.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s101.310"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 101.310 - Additional communication devices."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "101.310"
section_name: "Additional communication devices."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MARITIME SECURITY"
part_number: "101"
part_name: "MARITIME SECURITY: GENERAL"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 70101-70104 and 70124; Executive Order 12656, 3 CFR, 1988 Comp., p. 585; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-11, 6.14, 6.16, and 6.19; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "USCG-2003-14792, 68 FR 39278, July 1, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "101"
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# 101.310 Additional communication devices.

(a) *Alert Systems.* Alert systems, such as the ship security alert system required in SOLAS Chapter XI-2, Regulation 6 (Incorporated by reference, see § 101.115), may be used to augment communication and may be one of the communication methods listed in a vessel or facility security plan under part 104, 105, or 106 of this subchapter.

(b) *Automated Identification Systems (AIS).* AIS may be used to augment communication, and may be one of the communication methods listed in a vessel security plan under part 104 of this subchapter. See 33 CFR part 164 for additional information on AIS device requirements.