---identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s309.201"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "46 CFR § 309.201 - Purpose."title_number: 46title_name: "Shipping"section_number: "309.201"section_name: "Purpose."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: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"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/s309.201
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
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).
# 309.201 Purpose.It is the purpose of §§ 309.201 through 309.204 to prescribe the method for determining the values of stores and supplies on board a vessel when lost, for which claims for loss will be paid, and to prescribe the procedure for payment of claims for such loss, when stores and supplies are covered under a disbursements clause of a War Risk Hull Insurance Binder or a War Risk Hull Insurance Policy issued by the United States on forms prescribed by §§ 308.106 and 308.107 of this chapter, or when stores and supplies are covered by a War Risk Disbursements Policy issued by the United States pursuant to section 1203(c) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1283(c)). The vessel values established by §§ 309.1 through 309.8 (General Order 82) do not include any allowance for the loss of stores and supplies, as distinguished from equipment and spare parts which are included in such vessel values.