---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 11.102"
title: "46"
number: "11.102"
heading: "Incorporation by reference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/11.102"
---

# §11.102. Incorporation by reference.

- (a) Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. [552(a)](/usc/5/552.md?p=a) and [1](/usc/5/1.md) CFR [part 51](/cfr/46/part51.md). All approved incorporation by reference material (IBR) is available for inspection at the Coast Guard and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Contact Coast Guard at: Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing (CG-MMC), U.S. Coast Guard, Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20593-7509; phone: 202-372-1492; website: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/merchant_mariner_credential/. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or email fr.inspection@nara.gov. The material may be obtained from:
- (b) **International Maritime Organization (IMO), 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR, England; phone—** +44 (0)20 7735 7611; website: www.imo.org.
  - (1) The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended, 2011 (the STCW Convention or the STCW), incorporation by reference approved for §§ [11.201](/cfr/46/11.201.md), [11.426](/cfr/46/11.426.md), [11.427](/cfr/46/11.427.md), [11.428](/cfr/46/11.428.md), [11.429](/cfr/46/11.429.md), [11.493](/cfr/46/11.493.md), [11.495](/cfr/46/11.495.md), [11.497](/cfr/46/11.497.md), [11.553](/cfr/46/11.553.md), [11.555](/cfr/46/11.555.md), [11.1001](/cfr/46/11.1001.md), [11.1003](/cfr/46/11.1003.md), [11.1009](/cfr/46/11.1009.md), and [11.1105](/cfr/46/11.1105.md).
  - (2) The Seafarers' Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Code, as amended, 2011 (the STCW Code), incorporation by reference approved for §§ [11.201](/cfr/46/11.201.md), [11.301](/cfr/46/11.301.md), [11.302](/cfr/46/11.302.md), [11.303](/cfr/46/11.303.md), [11.305](/cfr/46/11.305.md), [11.307](/cfr/46/11.307.md), [11.309](/cfr/46/11.309.md), [11.311](/cfr/46/11.311.md), [11.313](/cfr/46/11.313.md), [11.315](/cfr/46/11.315.md), [11.317](/cfr/46/11.317.md), [11.319](/cfr/46/11.319.md), [11.321](/cfr/46/11.321.md), [11.325](/cfr/46/11.325.md), [11.327](/cfr/46/11.327.md), [11.329](/cfr/46/11.329.md), [11.331](/cfr/46/11.331.md), [11.333](/cfr/46/11.333.md), [11.335](/cfr/46/11.335.md), [11.604](/cfr/46/11.604.md), [11.901](/cfr/46/11.901.md), and [11.1105](/cfr/46/11.1105.md).
  - (3) The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS), incorporation by reference approved for [§ 11.601](/cfr/46/11.601.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77909, Dec. 24, 2013, as amended by USCG-2016-0315, 81 FR 43955, July 6, 2016; USCG-2021-0097, 89 FR 93069, Nov. 25, 2024; USCG-2021-0834, 89 FR 102334, Dec. 17, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 14 U.S.C. 503; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, and 2110; 46 U.S.C. chapter 71; 46 U.S.C. 7502, 7505, 7701, 8903, 8904, 8906, and 70105; E.O. 10173; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Section 11.107 is also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

### Source

Source: USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77909, Dec. 24, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77909, Dec. 24, 2013, as amended by USCG-2016-0315, 81 FR 43955, July 6, 2016; USCG-2021-0097, 89 FR 93069, Nov. 25, 2024; USCG-2021-0834, 89 FR 102334, Dec. 17, 2024]