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[Credentials, Documents & Records]
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[Towline & Terminal Gear Equipment]
[Pollution Prevention Equipment]
[Fire Fighting & Prevention Equipment]
[Hazardous Condition]

Credentials, Documents & Records

Load Lines:

46 CFR 42.09
46 CFR 45

Documentation:

46 CFR 67.7
46 CFR 67.17
46 CFR 67.19
46 CFR 67.121
46 CFR 67.123
46 CFR 67.313
46 CFR 67.319

Registration:

33 CFR 173.21
33 CFR 173.27

Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC):

46 CFR 10.203
46 CFR 12.02-7
46 CFR 15.610
46 CFR 15.812
33 CFR 101.514
46 CFR 15.815
46 CFR 15.820

Manning & Watchstanding:

46 CFR 15.103
Cite 46 CFR 15.640 on the form should read 46 CFR 15.840
46 CFR 15.705
46 CFR 15.1103
46 CFR 15.1105
46 CFR 15.1109
46 CFR 15.1111

FCC:

47 CFR 80.13
47 CFR 80.161
47 CFR 80.163
47 CFR 80.409
47 CFR 80.953

Drug & Alcolol Testing:

33 CFR 95.050
46 CFR 4.06-15
46 CFR 16.203
46 CFR 16.401

Marine Casualty Reporting:

Hazardous Conditions Reporting:

MTSA:

33 CFR 104.120
33 CFR 104.265

Tests & Inspections:

33 CFR 164.78
33 CFR 164.80

Oil Pollution Prevention Records/Documents:

33 USC 1321
33 CFR 138.15
33 CFR 138.30
33 CFR 155.1045

MARPOL Annex V:

33 CFR 151.57
33 CFR 151.59

Ballast Water Management:

33 CFR 151.1510
46 CFR 151.2041 has been moved to33 CFR 151.2060
46 CFR 151.2045 has been moved to33 CFR 151.2070

Records for Towline for Towing Astern:

Fire Fighting Training:

Safety Orientation:

46 CFR 27.209(d)

Navigation Publications:

VTS Rules:

Inland Navigation Rules on Board:

Navigation Safety Equipment

Navigation Equipment:

33 CFR 164.41
33 CFR 164.72

AIS:

Communications:

33 CFR 26.03
47 CFR 80.308
47 CFR 80.955

Navigation Lights & Shapes:

33 CFR 83.23
33 CFR 83.24
33 CFR 84.09

Western Rivers (WR) Exception:

Sound Producing Devices:

33 CFR 83.33
33 CFR 86.05
33 CFR 86.23

Lifesaving Equipment

Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB):

46 CFR 25.26-20
46 CFR 25.26-50
47 CFR 80.1061

Ring Life Buoys:

46 CFR 25.25-5
46 CFR 25.25-9
46 CFR 25.25-11

Personal Floatation Devices:

46 CFR 25.25-5
46 CFR 25.25-9
46 CFR 25.25-11
46 CFR 25.25-13
46 CFR 25.25-15
46 CFR 26.30

Survival Craft:

Not required, but must be servicable if carried.

Towline & Terminal Gear Equipment

Towline and Terminal Gear for Towing Alongside & Pushing Aheard:

Towline for Towing Astern:

Terminal Gear for Towing Astern:

Pollution Prevention Equipment

Oil Pollution Prevention:

33 CFR 155.320
33 CFR 155.410
33 CFR 155.420
33 CFR 155.450
33 CFR 155.720
33 CFR 155.740
33 CFR 155.750
33 CFR 155.800
33 CFR 155.820
33 CFR 156.150

Marine Sanitation Device (MSD):

33 CFR 159.7
33 CFR 159.59
33 CFR 159.65

MARPOL Annex VI:

Fire Fighting & Prevention Equipment:

Fire Fighting Equipment:

46 CFR 25.30-20
46 CFR 27.303
46 CFR 27.305

Fire Extinguishers:

46 CFR 25.30-5
46 CFR 25.30-10

Fixed CO2 Fire Extinguisher System:

46 CFR 25.30-15

Fire Detection:

Internal Communications:

General Alarm:

Backfire Flame Control:

Ventilation:

Fuel Shut-Off Valves:

Fuel Systems:

Portable Fire Pumps:

Fixed Fire Pumps:

Fire Hose:

Hazardous Condition

33 CFR 160.111
33 CFR 160.204

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