🔍 Key Concepts

• 33 CFR Part 26 – Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Regulations (especially §26.03 Applicability) • Differences in requirements for dredges and floating plants vs. small passenger vessels and towing vessels • How length, tonnage, horsepower, and passengers for hire affect radiotelephone requirements

💭 Think About

• Look at each choice and ask: does this type of vessel clearly fall into one of the specifically listed categories in 33 CFR 26.03 that must carry and use bridge-to-bridge radiotelephones? • For the passenger vessel option, think about what the regulation says about gross tonnage AND number of passengers carried for hire—does “50 gross tons or less” automatically require compliance? • For the towing vessel option, recall whether the regulation sets a minimum length and/or horsepower before the bridge-to-bridge rules apply.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify in 33 CFR 26.03 which of these are explicitly named as vessels required to comply (e.g., dredges, floating plants, towing vessels, passenger vessels). • Check the size and service thresholds: minimum length, gross tonnage, horsepower, and whether the vessel is certificated to carry more than 6 passengers for hire. • Make sure you distinguish between a vessel that is under direct control of another (e.g., a dredge) versus one that is independently navigated, and see how the regulation treats each.