---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 130.330"
title: "46"
number: "130.330"
heading: "Charts and nautical publications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/130.330"
---

# §130.330. Charts and nautical publications.

- (a) Except as provided by paragraph [(b)](#b) or [(c)](#c) of this section, as appropriate for the intended voyage, each vessel must carry adequate and up-to-date—
  - (1) Charts of large enough scale to make safe navigation possible;
  - (2) U.S. Coast Pilot or similar publication;
  - (3) Coast Guard Light List;
  - (4) Tide Tables published by the National Ocean Service;
  - (5) Local Notice or Notices to Mariners; and
  - (6) Current Tables published by the National Ocean Service, or a river-current publication issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or by a river authority, or both.
- (b) Any vessel may carry, instead of the complete publications listed in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, extracts from them for areas it will transit.
- (c) When operating in foreign waters, a vessel may carry an appropriate foreign equivalent of any item required by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Sections 130.140 and 130.400 also issued under sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49337, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.