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46 CFR § 310.1 - Definitions.

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title: "46 CFR § 310.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "310.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "TRAINING"
part_number: "310"
part_name: "MERCHANT MARINE TRAINING"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. Chapter 515; 49 U.S.C. 322(a); 49 CFR 1.93."
regulatory_source: "46 FR 37694, July 22, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
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# 310.1 Definitions.

For purposes of this subpart A:

(a) *The 1958 Act* means the Maritime Academy Act of 1958, Pub. L. 85-672.

(b) *Act* means the Maritime Education and Training Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96-453, as amended.

(c) *Administration* means the Maritime Administration, United States Department of Transportation.

(d) *Agreement* means an agreement between a State, or Territorial or Regional maritime academy or college and the Maritime Administrator, Department of Transportation as authorized by the 1958 Act or the Act and set forth in § 310.13 of this part.

(e) *Secretary* means Secretary of Transportation.

(f) *Maritime Administrator* means the Maritime Administrator, Department of Transportation.

(g) *Cadet* means cadet enrolled in the United States Maritime Service and in good standing at a State or Territorial or Regional maritime academy or college meeting the requirements of the 1958 Act.

(h) *Commanding Officer* means the Commanding Officer of a training ship furnished by the Administration.

(i) *Cost of Education Provided* means the financial costs incurred by the Federal Government in providing student incentive payments for students at the State maritime academies.

(j) *Deputy* means the Deputy Maritime Administrator, Department of Transportation.

(k) *Maritime Service* means the United States Maritime Service.

(l) *Midshipman* means a student in good standing at a State maritime academy or college who has accepted midshipman status in the United States Naval Reserve (including the Merchant Marine Reserve, United States Naval Reserve) under the Act.

(m) *Officers* means all officers and faculty employed by a State maritime academy or college.

(n) *Region Director* means the Director of the Administration's region office in which a School is located or in which a training ship is located.

(o) *School* means State or Territorial or regional maritime academy or college meeting the requirements of the Act.

(p) *Superintendent* means the superintendent or president of a School.

(q) *Supervisor* means the employee of the Administration designated to supervise the Federal Government's interest in a School under the provisions of the Act, an agreement, and this subpart.

(r) *Training Ship* means a vessel used for training by a school and furnished by the Administration to a State or Territory, and includes the ship itself and all its equipment, apparel, appliances, machinery boilers, spare and replacement parts and other property contained in it.

[46 FR 37694, July 22, 1981, as amended at 69 FR 31901, June 8, 2004]