---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 96.390"
title: "33"
number: "96.390"
heading: "When will the Coast Guard deny entry into a U.S. port?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/96.390"
---

# §96.390. When will the Coast Guard deny entry into a U.S. port?

- (a) Except for a foreign vessel entering U.S. waters under force majeure, no vessel shall enter any port or terminal of the U.S. without a safety management system that has been properly certificated to this subpart or to the requirements of Chapter IX of SOLAS if—
  - (1) It is engaged on a foreign voyage; and
  - (2) It is carrying more than 12 passengers, or a tanker, bulk freight vessel, freight vessel, or self-propelled mobile offshore drilling unit of 500 gross tons or more.
- (b) The cognizant COTP will deny entry of a vessel into a port or terminal under the authority of [46 U.S.C. 3204(c)](/usc/46/3204.md?p=c), to any vessel that does not meet the requirements of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3201 et. seq.; 46 U.S.C. 3103; 46 U.S.C. 3316; 33 U.S.C. 1231.

### Source

Source: CGD 95-073, 62 FR 67506, Dec. 24, 1997, unless otherwise noted.