---identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s309.2"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "46 CFR § 309.2 - Definitions."title_number: 46title_name: "Shipping"section_number: "309.2"section_name: "Definitions."chapter_name: "MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"subchapter_number: "G"subchapter_name: "EMERGENCY OPERATIONS"part_number: "309"part_name: "VALUES FOR WAR RISK INSURANCE"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Secs. 204, 1209, Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1114, 1289); Reorganization Plans No. 21 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1273), No. 7 of 1961 (75 Stat. 840) as amended by Pub. L. 91-469 (84 Stat. 1036); Department of Commerce Organization Order 10-8 (38 FR 19707, July 23, 1973); Maritime Administrative Order 440-3 (December 6, 1973)."regulatory_source: "39 FR 30487, Aug. 23, 1974, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "309"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t46/s309.2
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation
Authority
Secs. 204, 1209, Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1114, 1289); Reorganization Plans No. 21 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1273), No. 7 of 1961 (75 Stat. 840) as amended by Pub. L. 91-469 (84 Stat. ... Secs. 204, 1209, Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1114, 1289); Reorganization Plans No. 21 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1273), No. 7 of 1961 (75 Stat. 840) as amended by Pub. L. 91-469 (84 Stat. 1036); Department of Commerce Organization Order 10-8 (38 FR 19707, July 23, 1973); Maritime Administrative Order 440-3 (December 6, 1973).
# 309.2 Definitions.(a) *Ship Valuation Committee* means the Ship Valuation Committee referred to in Maritime Administrative Order 440-3.(b) *The date a vessel is built* is the date the vessel is delivered by the shipbuilder.(c) *The deadweight tonnage* of a vessel means her deadweight capacity established in accordance with normal Summer Freeboard as assigned pursuant to the International Load Line Convention, 1966, and shall be her capacity (in tons of 2,240 pounds) for cargo, fuel, fresh water, spare parts, and stores, but exclusive of permanent ballast.(d) *The speed of a vessel* means the speed determined in accordance with the formulae provided in part 246 of this chapter.(e) *A passenger vessel* is a vessel which carries more than twelve passengers.