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Title 33Navigation and Navigable WatersPart / Section
Chapter ICoast Guard, Department of Homeland Security1 – 199
Subchapter PPorts and Waterways Safety160 – 169
Part 161Vessel Traffic Management161.1 – 161.70
Subpart AVessel Traffic Services161.1 – 161.13
Subpart BVessel Movement Reporting System161.15 – 161.23
§ 161.15Purpose and intent.
§ 161.16Applicability.
§ 161.17 [Reserved]
§ 161.18Reporting requirements.
§ 161.19Sailing Plan (SP).
§ 161.20Position Report (PR).
§ 161.21Automated reporting.
§ 161.22Final Report (FR).
§ 161.23Reporting exemptions.
Subpart CVessel Traffic Service and Vessel Movement Reporting System Areas and Reporting Points161.25 – 161.70
§ 161.25Vessel Traffic Service New York Area.
§ 161.30Vessel Traffic Service Louisville.
§ 161.35Vessel Traffic Service Houston/Galveston.
§ 161.40Vessel Traffic Service Berwick Bay.
§ 161.45Vessel Traffic Service St. Marys River.
§ 161.50Vessel Traffic Service San Francisco.
§ 161.55Vessel Traffic Service Puget Sound and the Cooperative Vessel Traffic Service for the Juan de Fuca Region.
§ 161.60Vessel Traffic Service Prince William Sound.
§ 161.65Vessel Traffic Service Lower Mississippi River.
§ 161.70Vessel Traffic Service Port Arthur.