🔍 Key Concepts

• 46 CFR documentation requirements for vessel markings • The legal meaning of a vessel’s hailing port • Difference between where a vessel is built, documented, and owner residence

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: What is the official purpose of the hailing port shown on the stern in U.S. documentation law? • Does the regulation require the hailing port to match where the vessel was built, where owners live, or something else? • Which of the listed items are optional facts versus what MUST be true by regulation?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify in 46 CFR what a hailing port must consist of (city and state, or equivalent). • Check whether the rule says anything about the place of build being part of the hailing port requirement. • Check whether the regulation ties the hailing port to owners’ residence or to the vessel’s documentation records.