46 CFR § 31.40-5 - Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate—T/ALL.

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title: "46 CFR § 31.40-5 - Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate—T/ALL."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "31.40-5"
section_name: "Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate—T/ALL."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "TANK VESSELS"
part_number: "31"
part_name: "INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION"
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authority: "33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3205, 3306, 3307, 3703; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Section 31.10-21 also issued under the authority of Sect. 4109, Pub. L. 101-380, 104 Stat. 515."
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# 31.40-5 Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate—T/ALL.

(a) All tankships on an international voyage are required to have a Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate. This certificate shall be issued by the U.S. Coast Guard or the American Bureau of Shipping to certain vessels on behalf of the United States of America as provided in Regulation 12, Chapter I, of the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1974.

(b) All such tankships shall meet the applicable requirements of this chapter for tankships on an international voyage.

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16662, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGD 90-008, 55 FR 30660, July 26, 1990]