46 CFR § 13.123 - Recency of service or experience for original tank vessel endorsements.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s13.123"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 13.123 - Recency of service or experience for original tank vessel endorsements."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "13.123"
section_name: "Recency of service or experience for original tank vessel endorsements."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN"
part_number: "13"
part_name: "CERTIFICATION OF TANK VESSEL PERSONNEL"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 3703, 7317, 8105, 8703, 9102; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGD 79-116, 60 FR 17142, Apr. 4, 1995, as amended by USCG-2021-0097, 89 FR 93106, Nov. 25, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "13"
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# 13.123 Recency of service or experience for original tank vessel endorsements.

An applicant for an original tank vessel endorsement in subpart B, C, D, or E of this part must have obtained at least 25 percent of the qualifying service and, if the endorsement requires transfers, at least two of the qualifying transfers, within 5 years of the date of application.

[CGD 79-116, 60 FR 17142, Apr. 4, 1995, as amended by USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77994, Dec. 24, 2013]