---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 165.11"
title: "33"
number: "165.11"
heading: "Vessel operating requirements (regulations)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/165.11"
---

# §165.11. Vessel operating requirements (regulations).


Each District Commander may control vessel traffic in an area which is determined to have hazardous conditions, by issuing regulations:

- (a) Specifying times of vessel entry, movement, or departure to, from, within, or through ports, harbors, or other waters;
- (b) Establishing vessel size, speed, draft limitations, and operating conditions; and
- (c) Restricting vessel operation, in a hazardous area or under hazardous conditions, to vessels which have particular operating characteristics or capabilities which are considered necessary for safe operation under the circumstances.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 79-026, 48 FR 35408, Aug. 4, 1983]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70034, 70051, 70124; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-1, 6.04-6, and 160.5; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 79-034, 47 FR 29660, July 8, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 79-026, 48 FR 35408, Aug. 4, 1983]