---
kind: "unit"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
key: "chI/subchP/part164"
level: "part"
label: "Part 164"
heading: "Navigation Safety Regulations"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/chI-subchP-part164"
sections_count: 29
---

# Part 164 — Navigation Safety Regulations

Title 33 C.F.R. — Navigation and Navigable Waters › Chapter I — Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security › Subchapter P — Ports and Waterways Safety

## Sections

- [§164.01. Applicability.](/cfr/33/164.01.md)
- [§164.02. Applicability exception for foreign vessels.](/cfr/33/164.02.md)
- [§164.03. Incorporation by reference.](/cfr/33/164.03.md)
- [§164.11. Navigation under way: General.](/cfr/33/164.11.md)
- [§164.13. Navigation underway: tankers.](/cfr/33/164.13.md)
- [§164.15. Navigation bridge visibility.](/cfr/33/164.15.md)
- [§164.19. Requirements for vessels at anchor.](/cfr/33/164.19.md)
- [§164.25. Tests before entering or getting underway.](/cfr/33/164.25.md)
- [§164.30. Charts, publications, and equipment: General.](/cfr/33/164.30.md)
- [§164.33. Charts and publications.](/cfr/33/164.33.md)
- [§164.35. Equipment: All vessels.](/cfr/33/164.35.md)
- [§164.37. Equipment: Vessels of 10,000 gross tons or more.](/cfr/33/164.37.md)
- [§164.38. Automatic radar plotting aids (ARPA).](/cfr/33/164.38.md)
- [§164.39. Steering gear: Foreign tankers.](/cfr/33/164.39.md)
- [§164.40. Devices to indicate speed and distance.](/cfr/33/164.40.md)
- [§164.41. Electronic position fixing devices.](/cfr/33/164.41.md)
- [§164.42. Rate of turn indicator.](/cfr/33/164.42.md)
- [§164.46. Automatic Identification System.](/cfr/33/164.46.md)
- [§164.51. Deviations from rules: Emergency.](/cfr/33/164.51.md)
- [§164.53. Deviations from rules and reporting: Non-operating equipment.](/cfr/33/164.53.md)
- [§164.55. Deviations from rules: Continuing operation or period of time.](/cfr/33/164.55.md)
- [§164.61. Marine casualty reporting and record retention.](/cfr/33/164.61.md)
- [§164.70. Definitions.](/cfr/33/164.70.md)
- [§164.72. Navigational-safety equipment, charts or maps, and publications required on towing vessels.](/cfr/33/164.72.md)
- [§164.74. Towline and terminal gear for towing astern.](/cfr/33/164.74.md)
- [§164.76. Towline and terminal gear for towing alongside and pushing ahead.](/cfr/33/164.76.md)
- [§164.78. Navigation under way: Towing vessels.](/cfr/33/164.78.md)
- [§164.80. Tests, inspections, and voyage planning.](/cfr/33/164.80.md)
- [§164.82. Maintenance, failure, and reporting.](/cfr/33/164.82.md)