---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 104.280"
title: "33"
number: "104.280"
heading: "Security measures for delivery of vessel stores and bunkers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/104.280"
---

# §104.280. Security measures for delivery of vessel stores and bunkers.

- (a) **General.** The vessel owner or operator must ensure that security measures relating to the delivery of vessel stores and bunkers are implemented to:
  - (1) Check vessel stores for package integrity;
  - (2) Prevent vessel stores from being accepted without inspection;
  - (3) Deter tampering; and
  - (4) **Prevent vessel stores and bunkers from being accepted unless ordered.** For vessels that routinely use a facility, a vessel owner or operator may establish and implement standing arrangements between the vessel, its suppliers, and a facility regarding notification and the timing of deliveries and their documentation.
- (b) **Maritime Security (MARSEC) Level 1.** At MARSEC Level 1, the vessel owner or operator must ensure the implementation of measures to:
  - (1) Check vessel stores before being accepted;
  - (2) Check that vessel stores and bunkers match the order prior to being brought on board or being bunkered; and
  - (3) **Ensure that vessel stores are controlled or immediately and securely stowed following delivery.**
- (c) **MARSEC Level 2.** In addition to the security measures required for MARSEC Level 1 in this section, at MARSEC Level 2, the vessel owner or operator must also ensure the implementation of additional security measures, as specified for MARSEC Level 2 in the approved Vessel Security Plan (VSP). These additional security measures may include:
  - (1) Intensifying inspection of the vessel stores during delivery; or
  - (2) **Checking vessel stores prior to receiving them on board.**
- (d) **MARSEC Level 3.** In addition to the security measures for MARSEC Level 1 and MARSEC Level 2, at MARSEC Level 3, the vessel owner or operator must ensure the implementation of additional security measures, as specified for MARSEC Level 3 in the approved VSP. These additional security measures may include:
  - (1) Checking all vessel stores more extensively;
  - (2) Restricting or suspending delivery of vessel stores and bunkers; or
  - (3) **Refusing to accept vessel stores on board.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70051, 70116, Chapter 701; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-11, 6.14, 6.16, and 6.19; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: USCG-2003-14749, 68 FR 39302, July 1, 2003, unless otherwise noted.