46 CFR § 307.17 - Distress messages and hostile action reports.

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title: "46 CFR § 307.17 - Distress messages and hostile action reports."
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title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "307.17"
section_name: "Distress messages and hostile action reports."
chapter_name: "MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
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subchapter_name: "POSITION REPORTING SYSTEM"
part_number: "307"
part_name: "ESTABLISHMENT OF MANDATORY POSITION REPORTING SYSTEM FOR VESSELS"
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authority: "Pub. L. 109-304; 46 U.S.C. 50113; Pub. L. 114-74; 49 CFR 1.93."
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# 307.17 Distress messages and hostile action reports.

(a) AMVER reports shall not replace distress messages and hostile action reports prescribed by Chapter 5, Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) Publication 117.

(b) Vessel owners or operators subject to this part shall summarize distress messages or hostile action reports in the comments sections of AMVER reports.