Your vessel (185 GT) is on a voyage between...

🔍 Key Concepts

• Official Logbook requirements for U.S. vessels in 46 CFR (look at when they are required by tonnage and by type of voyage) • Difference between a foreign voyage and a coastwise voyage (New York to San Francisco route) • When a vessel must be on shipping articles (compare by tonnage and by route: coastwise vs foreign)

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• Is a voyage from New York to San Francisco considered coastwise or does it involve foreign waters or foreign ports? Think about the route you must take. • For a 185 GT vessel, does the law say an Official Logbook is always required, never required, or only for certain types of voyages? • Under what circumstances are U.S. vessels required to be on foreign articles, and does this particular voyage meet those criteria?

✅ Before You Answer

• Confirm how U.S. law defines a foreign voyage versus a coastwise voyage for documentation and manning purposes. • Check the minimum gross tonnage and route at which an Official Logbook becomes mandatory under 46 CFR. • Verify in 46 CFR when a vessel must be on foreign articles and whether a domestic port-to-port voyage via a canal changes that status.

Your vessel (185 GT) is on a voyage between New York and San Francisco. Which statement is TRUE?

The maintenance of an Official Logbook is optional.

An Official Logbook must be maintained.

The vessel must be on foreign articles.

This is considered a coastwise voyage.

🔍 Key Concepts

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✅ Before You Answer