46 CFR § 289.4 - Insurance by owners.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s289.4"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 289.4 - Insurance by owners."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "289.4"
section_name: "Insurance by owners."
chapter_name: "MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS AFFECTING SUBSIDIZED VESSELS AND OPERATORS"
part_number: "289"
part_name: "INSURANCE OF CONSTRUCTION-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDY VESSELS, OPERATING-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDY VESSELS AND OF VESSELS SOLD OR ADJUSTED UNDER THE MERCHANT SHIP SALES ACT 1946"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 204, 49 Stat. 1987, as amended; 46 U.S.C. 1114. Interpret or apply sec. 12, 60 Stat. 49, as amended; 50 U.S.C. App. 1745."
regulatory_source: "General Order 67 Rev., 18 FR 230, Jan. 10, 1953, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "289"
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# 289.4 Insurance by owners.

Owners of vessels covered in § 289.2 will not be required to arrange commercial insurance to cover the interest of the United States, exclusive of its mortgage interest, but the United States reserves the right to require, whenever the contracts so provide, that this be done at some future date, should it deem it necessary.