- Aleutian trade
means the transportation of cargo (including fishery related products) for hire on board a fish tender vessel to or from a place in Alaska west of 153 degrees west longitude and east of 172 degrees east longitude, if that place receives weekly common carrier service by water, to or from a place in the United States (except a place in Alaska).
- Coast Guard
means the organization established and continued under section 101 of title 14.
- Commandant
means the Commandant of the Coast Guard.
- commercial service
includes any type of trade or business involving the transportation of goods or individuals, except service performed by a combatant vessel.
- consideration
means an economic benefit, inducement, right, or profit including pecuniary payment accruing to an individual, person, or entity, but not including a voluntary sharing of the actual expenses of the voyage, by monetary contribution or donation of fuel, food, beverage, or other supplies.
- crude oil
means a liquid hydrocarbon mixture occurring naturally in the earth, whether or not treated to render it suitable for transportation, and includes crude oil from which certain distillate fractions may have been removed, and crude oil to which certain distillate fractions may have been added.
- crude oil tanker
means a tanker engaged in the trade of carrying crude oil.
- dangerous drug
means a narcotic drug, a controlled substance, or a controlled substance analog (as defined in section 102 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 802)).
- ferry
means a vessel that is used on a regular schedule—
- fish
means finfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and all other forms of marine animal and plant life, except marine mammals and birds.
- fish processing vessel
means a vessel that commercially prepares fish or fish products other than by gutting, decapitating, gilling, skinning, shucking, icing, freezing, or brine chilling.
- fish tender vessel
means a vessel that commercially supplies, stores, refrigerates, or transports fish, fish products, or materials directly related to fishing or the preparation of fish to or from a fishing, fish processing, or fish tender vessel or a fish processing facility.
- fishing vessel
means a vessel that commercially engages in the catching, taking, or harvesting of fish or an activity that can reasonably be expected to result in the catching, taking, or harvesting of fish.
- freight vessel
means a motor vessel of more than 15 gross tons as measured under section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title that carries freight for hire, except an oceanographic research vessel or an offshore supply vessel.
- Great Lakes barge
means a non-self-propelled vessel of at least 3,500 gross tons as measured under section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title operating on the Great Lakes.
- hazardous material
means a liquid material or substance that is—
- major conversion
means a conversion of a vessel that—
- marine environment
means—
- merchant mariner credential
means a merchant mariner license, certificate, or document that the Secretary is authorized to issue pursuant to this title.
- mobile offshore drilling unit
means a vessel capable of engaging in drilling operations for the exploration or exploitation of subsea resources.
- motor vessel
means a vessel propelled by machinery other than steam.
- nautical school program
means a program that—
- nautical school vessel
means a vessel operated by or in connection with a nautical school or an educational institution under section 558 of title 40.
- navigable waters of the United States
includes all waters of the territorial sea of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation No. 5928 of December 27, 1988.
- oceanographic research vessel
means a vessel that the Secretary finds is being employed only in instruction in oceanography or limnology, or both, or only in oceanographic or limnological research, including studies about the sea such as seismic, gravity meter, and magnetic exploration and other marine geophysical or geological surveys, atmospheric research, and biological research.
- offshore supply vessel
means a motor vessel that regularly carries goods, supplies, individuals in addition to the crew, or equipment in support of exploration, exploitation, or production of offshore mineral or energy resources.
- oil
includes oil of any type or in any form, including petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes except dredged spoil.
- oil spill response vessel
means a vessel that is designated in its certificate of inspection as such a vessel, or that is adapted to respond to a discharge of oil or a hazardous material.
- overall in length
means—
- passenger for hire
means a passenger for whom consideration is contributed as a condition of carriage on the vessel, whether directly or indirectly flowing to the owner, charterer, operator, agent, or any other person having an interest in the vessel.
- passenger vessel
means a vessel of at least 100 gross tons as measured under section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title—
- product carrier
means a tanker engaged in the trade of carrying oil except crude oil.
- public vessel
means a vessel that—
- recreational vessel
means a vessel—
- recreational vessel manufacturer
means a person engaged in the manufacturing, construction, assembly, or importation of recreational vessels, components, or associated equipment.
- riding gang member
means an individual who—
- sailing instruction
means teaching, research, and practical experience in operating vessels propelled primarily by sail and may include—
- sailing school instructor
means an individual who is on board a sailing school vessel to provide sailing instruction, but does not include an operator or crewmember who is among those required to be on board the vessel to meet a requirement established under part F of this subtitle.
- sailing school student
means an individual who is on board a sailing school vessel to receive sailing instruction.
- sailing school vessel
means a vessel—
- scientific personnel
means individuals on board an oceanographic research vessel only to engage in scientific research, or to instruct or receive instruction in oceanography or limnology.
- seagoing barge
means a non-self-propelled vessel of at least 100 gross tons as measured under section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title making voyages beyond the Boundary Line.
- seagoing motor vessel
means a motor vessel of at least 300 gross tons as measured under section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title making voyages beyond the Boundary Line.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.
- sexual assault
means any form of abuse or contact as defined in chapter 109A of title 18, or a substantially similar offense under State, local, or Tribal law.
- sexual harassment
means—
- small passenger vessel
means a wing-in-ground craft, regardless of tonnage, carrying at least one passenger for hire, and a vessel of less than 100 gross tons as measured under section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title—
- steam vessel
means a vessel propelled in whole or in part by steam, except a recreational vessel of not more than 40 feet in length.
- submersible vessel
means a vessel that is capable of operating below the surface of the water.
- tank vessel
means a vessel that is constructed or adapted to carry, or that carries, oil or hazardous material in bulk as cargo or cargo residue, and that—
- tanker
means a self-propelled tank vessel constructed or adapted primarily to carry oil or hazardous material in bulk in the cargo spaces.
- towing vessel
means a commercial vessel engaged in or intending to engage in the service of pulling, pushing, or hauling along side, or any combination of pulling, pushing, or hauling along side.
- uninspected passenger vessel
means an uninspected vessel—
- uninspected vessel
means a vessel not subject to inspection under section 3301 of this title that is not a recreational vessel.
- vessel of war
means a vessel—
- wing-in-ground craft
means a vessel that is capable of operating completely above the surface of the water on a dynamic air cushion created by aerodynamic lift due to the ground effect between the vessel and the water’s surface.