46 CFR § 90.10-16 - Industrial vessel.

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title: "46 CFR § 90.10-16 - Industrial vessel."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "90.10-16"
section_name: "Industrial vessel."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "CARGO AND MISCELLANEOUS VESSELS"
part_number: "90"
part_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277, sec. 1-105; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
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# 90.10-16 Industrial vessel.

This term means every vessel which by reason of its special outfit, purpose, design, or function engages in certain industrial ventures. Included in this classification are such vessels as drill rigs, missile range ships, dredges, cable layers, derrick barges, pipe lay barges, construction and wrecking barges. Excluded from this classification are vessels carrying freight for hire or engaged in oceanography, limnology, or the fishing industry.

[CGFR 67-90, 33 FR 1015, Jan. 26, 1968]