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Title 33 → Chapter I → Subchapter P → Part 161

TITLE 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters

CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)

SUBCHAPTER P—PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY

PART 161—VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

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Subpart A—VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES

General Rules

§161.1
Purpose and Intent.
§161.2
Definitions.
§161.3
Applicability.
§161.4
Requirement to carry the rules.
§161.5
Deviations from the rules.
§161.6
Preemption.

Services, VTS Measures, and Operating Requirements

§161.10
Services.
§161.11
VTS measures.
§161.12
Vessel operating requirements.
§161.13
VTS Special Area operating requirements.
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Subpart B—VESSEL MOVEMENT REPORTING SYSTEM

§161.15
Purpose and intent.
§161.16
Applicability.
§161.17
[Reserved]
§161.18
Reporting requirements.
§161.19
Sailing Plan (SP).
§161.20
Position Report (PR).
§161.21
Automated reporting.
§161.22
Final Report (FR).
§161.23
Reporting exemptions.
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Subpart C—VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE AND VESSEL MOVEMENT REPORTING SYSTEM AREAS AND REPORTING POINTS

§161.25
Vessel Traffic Service New York Area.
§161.30
Vessel Traffic Service Louisville.
§161.35
Vessel Traffic Service Houston/Galveston.
§161.40
Vessel Traffic Service Berwick Bay.
§161.45
Vessel Traffic Service St. Marys River.
§161.50
Vessel Traffic Service San Francisco.
§161.55
Vessel Traffic Service Puget Sound and the Cooperative Vessel Traffic Service for the Juan de Fuca Region.
§161.60
Vessel Traffic Service Prince William Sound.
§161.65
Vessel Traffic Service Lower Mississippi River.
§161.70
Vessel Traffic Service Port Arthur.

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