46 CFR § 14.203 - Voyages upon which shipping articles are not required.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s14.203"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 14.203 - Voyages upon which shipping articles are not required."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "14.203"
section_name: "Voyages upon which shipping articles are not required."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN"
part_number: "14"
part_name: "SHIPMENT AND DISCHARGE OF MERCHANT MARINERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 552; 46 U.S.C. Chapters 103 and 104; 46 U.S.C. 70105."
regulatory_source: "CGD 94-004, 61 FR 56637, Nov. 4, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "14"
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# 14.203 Voyages upon which shipping articles are not required.
Although they may be used for the voyage; shipping articles are not required for any voyage by—
(a) A yacht;
(b) A vessel engaged exclusively in fishing or whaling;
(c) A vessel aboard which the merchant mariners are by custom or agreement entitled to participate in the profits or results of a cruise or voyage;
(d) A vessel employed exclusively in trade on the navigable rivers of the United States; or
(e) A ferry, or a tug used in ferrying, if the vessel is employed exclusively in trade on the Great Lakes, other lakes, bays, sounds, bayous, canals, or harbors.