---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 185.280"
title: "46"
number: "185.280"
heading: "Official Logbook for foreign voyages."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/185.280"
---

# §185.280. Official Logbook for foreign voyages.

- (a) Every vessel on a voyage from a port in the United States to a foreign port except to a port in Canada, or vice versa, must have an Official Logbook.
- (b) The master shall make or have made in the Official Logbook the following entries:
  - (1) Each legal conviction of a seaman of the vessel and the punishment inflicted;
  - (2) Each offense committed by a seaman of the vessel for which it is intended to prosecute or to enforce under a forfeiture, together with statements about reading the entry and the reply made to the charge as required by [46 U.S.C. 11502](/usc/46/11502.md);
  - (3) A statement of the conduct, character, and qualifications of each seaman of the vessel or a statement that the master declines to give an opinion about that conduct, character, and qualifications;
  - (4) Each illness of or injury to a seaman of the vessel, the nature of the illness or injury, and the medical treatment;
  - (5) Each death on board, with the cause of death, and if a seaman, the information required by [46 U.S.C. 10702](/usc/46/10702.md):
    - (i) The wages due to a seaman who dies during the voyage and the gross amount of all deductions to be made from the wages;
    - (ii) The sale of the property of a seaman who dies during the voyage, including a statement of each article sold and the amount received for the property;
  - (6) Each birth on board, with the sex of the infant and the name of the parents;
  - (7) Each marriage on board, with the names and ages of the parties;
  - (8) The name of each seaman who ceases to be a crew member (except by death), with the place, time, manner, and the cause why the seaman ceased to be a crew member;
  - (9) When a marine casualty occurs, a statement about the casualty and the circumstances under which it occurred, made immediately after the casualty when practicable to do so.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 6101; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92)(a).

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 1005, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.