---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 14.203"
title: "46"
number: "14.203"
heading: "Voyages upon which shipping articles are not required."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/14.203"
---

# §14.203. Voyages upon which shipping articles are not required.


Although they may be used for the voyage; shipping articles are not required for any voyage by—

- (a) A yacht;
- (b) A vessel engaged exclusively in fishing or whaling;
- (c) A vessel aboard which the merchant mariners are by custom or agreement entitled to participate in the profits or results of a cruise or voyage;
- (d) A vessel employed exclusively in trade on the navigable rivers of the United States; or
- (e) A ferry, or a tug used in ferrying, if the vessel is employed exclusively in trade on the Great Lakes, other lakes, bays, sounds, bayous, canals, or harbors.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 46 U.S.C. Chapters 103 and 104; 46 U.S.C. 70105.

### Source

Source: CGD 94-004, 61 FR 56637, Nov. 4, 1996, unless otherwise noted.