46 USC § 57520 - Vessel maintenance

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title: "46 USC § 57520 - Vessel maintenance"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "57520"
section_name: "Vessel maintenance"
chapter_number: 575
chapter_name: "CONSTRUCTION, CHARTER, AND SALE OF VESSELS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "CHARTERS"
part_number: "F"
part_name: "Government-Owned Merchant Vessels"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1668.)"
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# § 57520. Vessel maintenance

**(a)** **In General.—** A charter under this chapter shall require the charterer, at the charterer’s expense, to—

**(1)** keep the chartered vessel in good repair and efficient operating condition; and

**(2)** make any repairs required by the Secretary of Transportation.

**(b)** **Inspection.—** The charter shall provide that the Secretary has the right to inspect the vessel at any time to ascertain its condition.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1668.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 57520 | 46 App.:1202(b), (c). | June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VII, § 712(b), (c), 49 Stat. 2010; Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 555, § 1, 53 Stat. 1254; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(114), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 163. |