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  1. Title 46 —Shipping
  2. Chapter I —Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
  3. Subchapter H —Passenger Vessels
  4. Part 78   View Full Text
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Title 46ShippingPart / Section
Chapter ICoast Guard, Department of Homeland Security1 – 199
Subchapter HPassenger Vessels70 – 89
Part 78Operations78.01-1 – 78.95-1
Subpart 78.01Application78.01-1 – 78.01-2
Subpart 78.05Notice to Mariners and Aids to Navigation78.05-1 – 78.05-5
Subpart 78.07Notice and Reporting of Casualty and Voyage Records78.07-1
Subpart 78.10Persons Allowed in Pilothouse and on Navigation Bridge78.10-1
Subpart 78.12Stability Information78.12-1
Subpart 78.13Station Bills78.13-1
Subpart 78.15Doors Closed at Sea78.15-1
Subpart 78.16Port Lights78.16-1
Subpart 78.17Tests, Drills, and Inspections78.17-1 – 78.17-80
Subpart 78.19Auto Pilot78.19-1
Subpart 78.21Maneuvering Characteristics78.21-1
Subpart 78.23Whistling78.23-1
Subpart 78.27Searchlights78.27-1
Subpart 78.30Lookouts, Pilothouse Watch, Patrolmen, and Watchmen78.30-5 – 78.30-20
Subpart 78.33Reports of Accidents, Repairs, and Unsafe Equipment78.33-1 – 78.33-10
Subpart 78.35Communication Between Deckhouses78.35-1
Subpart 78.36Work Vests78.36-1 – 78.36-25
Subpart 78.37Logbook Entries78.37-1 – 78.37-10
Subpart 78.40Vehicular Ferries78.40-1 – 78.40-10
Subpart 78.45Display of Plans78.45-1
Subpart 78.47Markings for Fire and Emergency Equipment, Etc.78.47-1 – 78.47-90
Subpart 78.50Markings on Vessels78.50-1 – 78.50-15
Subpart 78.55Carrying of Excess Steam78.55-1
Subpart 78.57Routing Instructions78.57-1
Subpart 78.60Compliance With Provisions of Certificate of Inspection78.60-1
Subpart 78.65Exhibition of Merchant Mariner Credential78.65-1
Subpart 78.70De-Energizing of Cargo Hold Lighting Circuits When Grain or Other Combustible Bulk Cargo is Carried78.70-1 – 78.70-5
Subpart 78.83Operation of Vehicles in Enclosed Locations78.83-1
Subpart 78.90Pilot Boarding Operations78.90-1
Subpart 78.95Person in Charge of Transfer of Liquid Cargo in Bulk78.95-1
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