Which vessel is required by regulations to...

Which vessel is required by regulations to have an Official Logbook?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Official Logbook requirements in 46 CFR and 46 U.S.C. 11301 (who must keep one) • How gross tonnage and voyage type (oceans, coastwise, between states, foreign/intercoastal) affect logbook requirements • Differences between a short inland/interstate trip and a long coastwise/ocean trip for recordkeeping rules

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• Compare each choice by asking: does this tug’s tonnage and route sound like the kind of voyage Congress/USCG would want a formal Official Logbook for? • Look up the specific tonnage cutoff and voyage description in the regulations, then see which of the listed vessels actually matches that description. • Ask yourself whether operating merely "between states" automatically means an Official Logbook is required, or whether more conditions (like route or distance) must also be met.

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• Verify in the regs whether there is a minimum gross tonnage above which an Official Logbook is required. • Verify whether the Official Logbook rule applies to all interstate voyages, or only to certain categories such as ocean/coastwise or foreign/intercoastal voyages. • Verify whether a trip length (distance) factor, like a long coastwise voyage (hundreds of miles), appears in the Official Logbook requirement or if only type of voyage and tonnage matter.

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