33 CFR § 161.40 - Vessel Traffic Service Berwick Bay.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s161.40"
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title: "33 CFR § 161.40 - Vessel Traffic Service Berwick Bay."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "161.40"
section_name: "Vessel Traffic Service Berwick Bay."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "P"
subchapter_name: "PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY"
part_number: "161"
part_name: "VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 70001, 70002, 70003, 70034, 70114, 70119; Pub. L. 107-295, 116 Stat. 2064; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3."
regulatory_source: "CGD 90-020, 59 FR 36324, July 15, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
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# 161.40 Vessel Traffic Service Berwick Bay.

(a) The VTS area consists of the navigable waters of the following segments of waterways: the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) Morgan City to Port Allen Alternate Route from Mile Marker 0 to Mile Marker 5; the ICW from Mile Marker 93 west of Harvey Lock (WHL) to Mile Marker 102 WHL; the Atchafalaya River Route from Mile Marker 113 to Mile Marker 122; from Bayou Shaffer Junction (ICW Mile Marker 94.5 WHL) south one statute mile along Bayou Shaffer; and from Berwick Lock northwest one statute mile along the Lower Atchafalaya River.

(b) *VTS Special Area.* The Berwick Bay VTS Special Area consists of those waters within a 1000 yard radius of the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad Bridge located at Mile .03 MC/PA.

(c) *Reporting Points.*

Table 161.40(**c**)—VTS Berwick Bay Reporting Points

| Designator | Geographic name | Geographic description | Latitude/longitude | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Stouts Pass | Stouts Point Light “1” Mile 113-Atchafalaya River | 29°43′47″ N91°13′25″ W |  |
| 2 | Berwick Lock | Mile 1.9 MC/PA | 29°43′10″ N91°13′28″ W | If transiting the Lock. |
| 3 | Conrad's Point Junction | Buoy “1” Mile 1.5 MC/PA | 29°42′32″ N91°13′14″ W |  |
| 4 | Swift Ships Flat Lake Junction | Mile 3 MC/PA | 29°43′26″ N91°12′22″ W |  |
| 5 | Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad Bridge | Mile 0.3 MC/PA | 29°41′34″ N91°12′44″ W |  |
| 6 | 20 Grant Point Junction | Bayou Boeuf-Atchafalaya R. Mile 95.5 ICW | 29°41′18″ N91°12′36″ W |  |
| 7 | ICW | Overhead Power Cable Mile 96.5 ICW | 29°40′43″ N91°13′18″ W |  |
| 8 | Wax Bayou Junction | Light “A” Mile 98.2W ICW | 29°39′29″ N91°14′46″ W |  |
| 9 | Shaffer Junction | ICW-Bayou Shaffer Mile 94.5 ICW | 29°41′10″ N91°11′38″ W |  |

[CGD 90-020, 59 FR 36324, July 15, 1994, as amended by CGD 95-033, 60 FR 28332, May 31, 1995; USCG-1998-3799, 63 FR 35531, June 30, 1998; USCG-2009-0416, 74 FR 27441, June 10, 2009]