46 CFR § 530.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s530.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 530.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "530.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS AFFECTING OCEAN SHIPPING IN FOREIGN COMMERCE"
part_number: "530"
part_name: "SERVICE CONTRACTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 553; 46 U.S.C., 40301-40306, 40501-40503, 41307, 46105."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 11206, Mar. 8, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "530"
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# 530.1 Purpose.

The purpose of this part is to facilitate the filing of service contracts as required by section 8(c) of the Shipping Act of 1984 (“the Act”) (46 U.S.C. 40502). This part enables the Commission to review service contracts to ensure that these contracts and the parties to them comport with the requirements of the Act. This part also implements electronic filing provisions for service contracts to facilitate compliance and minimize the filing burdens on the oceanborne commerce of the United States.

[64 FR 11206, Mar. 8, 1999, as amended at 74 FR 50723, Oct. 1, 2009; 85 FR 38089, June 25, 2020]