---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 140.905"
title: "46"
number: "140.905"
heading: "Official logbooks."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/140.905"
---

# §140.905. Official logbooks.

- (a) A towing vessel of the United States, except one on a voyage from a port in the United States to a port in Canada, is required by [46 U.S.C. 11301](/usc/46/11301.md) to have an official logbook if the vessel is:
  - (1) On a voyage from a port in the United States to a foreign port; or
  - (2) Of at least 100 gross tons and on a voyage between a port in the United States on the Atlantic Ocean and one on the Pacific Ocean.
- (b) The Coast Guard furnishes, without fee, to masters of vessels of the United States, the official logbook as Form CG-706B or CG-706C, depending on the number of persons employed as crew. The first several pages of this logbook list various acts of Congress governing logbooks and the entries required in them.
- (c) When a voyage is completed, or after a specified time has elapsed, the master must file the official logbook containing required entries with the cognizant OCMI at or nearest the port where the vessel may be.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3103, 3301, 3306, 3308, 3316, 8104, 8904; 33 CFR 1.05; DHS Delegation 0170.1.

### Source

Source: USCG-2006-24412, 81 FR 40101, June 20, 2016, unless otherwise noted.