46 CFR § 307.3 - Definitions.

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title: "46 CFR § 307.3 - Definitions."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "307.3"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
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."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 18329, May 19, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
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# 307.3 Definitions.

As used in this part:

(a) *Administrator* means the Maritime Administrator of the Department of Transportation.

(b) *MARAD* means the Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

(c) *Coast Guard* means the United States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.

(d) *AMVER* means the Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System operated by the U.S. Coast Guard as it applies to U.S.-flag ships and certain non-U.S.-flag ships in U.S. foreign commerce under this regulation.