---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 104.292"
title: "33"
number: "104.292"
heading: "Additional requirements—passenger vessels and ferries."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/104.292"
---

# §104.292. Additional requirements—passenger vessels and ferries.

- (a) At all Maritime Security (MARSEC) Levels, the vessel owner or operator must ensure security sweeps are performed, prior to getting underway, after any period the vessel was unattended.
- (b) As an alternative to the identification checks and passenger screening requirements in § [104.265(d)(2)](/cfr/33/104.265.md?p=d-2), [(d)(4)](/cfr/33/104.265.md?p=d-4), and [(d)(9)](/cfr/33/104.265.md?p=d-9), the owner or operator of a passenger vessel or ferry may ensure security measures are implemented that include—
  - (1) Searching selected areas prior to embarking passengers and prior to sailing; and
  - (2) **Implementing one or more of the following—**
    - (i) Performing routine security patrols;
    - (ii) Providing additional closed-circuit television to monitor passenger areas; or
    - (iii) **Securing all non-passenger areas.**
- (c) Passenger vessels certificated to carry more than 2000 passengers, working in coordination with the terminal, may be subject to additional vehicle screening requirements in accordance with a MARSEC Directive or other orders issued by the Coast Guard.
- (d) Owners and operators of passenger vessels and ferries covered by this part that use public access facilities, as that term is defined in [§ 101.105](/cfr/33/101.105.md) of this subchapter, must address security measures for the interface of the vessel and the public access facility, in accordance with the appropriate Area Maritime Security Plan.
- (e) At MARSEC Level 2, a vessel owner or operator must ensure, in addition to MARSEC Level 1 measures, the implementation of the following:
  - (1) Search selected areas prior to embarking passengers and prior to sailing;
  - (2) Passenger vessels certificated to carry less than 2000 passengers, working in coordination with the terminal, may be subject to additional vehicle screening requirements in accordance with a MARSEC Directive or other orders issued by the Coast Guard; and
  - (3) As an alternative to the identification and screening requirements in § [104.265(d)(4)](/cfr/33/104.265.md?p=d-4) and [(e)(1)](/cfr/33/104.265.md?p=e-1), intensify patrols, security sweeps and monitoring identified in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.
- (f) At MARSEC Level 3, a vessel owner or operator may, in addition to MARSEC Levels 1 and 2 measures, as an alternative to the identification checks and passenger screening requirements in § [104.265(d)(4)](/cfr/33/104.265.md?p=d-4) and [(f)(1)](/cfr/33/104.265.md?p=f-1), ensure that random armed security patrols are conducted, which need not consist of vessel personnel.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2003-14749, 68 FR 39302, July 1, 2003, as amended at 68 FR 60514, Oct. 22, 2003; USCG-2008-0179, 73 FR 35009, June 19, 2008; USCG-2007-28915, 81 FR 57711, Aug. 23, 2016]

### 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.

### Amendments

[USCG-2003-14749, 68 FR 39302, July 1, 2003, as amended at 68 FR 60514, Oct. 22, 2003; USCG-2008-0179, 73 FR 35009, June 19, 2008; USCG-2007-28915, 81 FR 57711, Aug. 23, 2016]