---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 160.203"
title: "33"
number: "160.203"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/160.203"
---

# §160.203. Applicability.

- (a) This subpart applies to the following vessels that are bound for or departing from ports or places within the navigable waters of the United States, as defined in [33 CFR 2.36(a)](/cfr/33/2.36.md?p=a), which includes internal waters and the territorial seas of the United States, and any deepwater port as defined in [33 CFR 148.5](/cfr/33/148.5.md):
  - (1) U.S. vessels in commercial service, and
  - (2) **All foreign vessels.**
- (b) Unless otherwise specified in this subpart, the owner, agent, master, operator, or person in charge of a vessel regulated by this subpart is responsible for compliance with the requirements in this subpart.
- (c) Towing vessels controlling a barge or barges required to submit an NOA under this subpart must submit only one NOA containing the information required for the towing vessel and each barge under its control.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2002-11865, 68 FR 9543, Feb. 28, 2003, as amended by USCG-2004-19963, 70 FR 74669, Dec. 16, 2005. Redesignated and amended at 80 FR 5330, 5331, Jan. 30, 2015]

### Source

Source: USCG-2002-11865, 68 FR 9543, Feb. 28, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70001-70003, 70034, and Chapter 701; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Subpart C is also issued under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 3715 and 46 U.S.C. 70011.

### Source

Source: CGD 79-026, 48 FR 35404, Aug. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2002-11865, 68 FR 9543, Feb. 28, 2003, as amended by USCG-2004-19963, 70 FR 74669, Dec. 16, 2005. Redesignated and amended at 80 FR 5330, 5331, Jan. 30, 2015]