---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 531.1"
title: "46"
number: "531.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/531.1"
---

# §531.1. Purpose.


The purpose of this part is to facilitate NVOCC Service Arrangements (“NSAs”) as they are exempt from the otherwise applicable provisions of the Shipping Act of 1984 (“the Act”).


## Notes

### Amendments

[83 FR 34791, July 23, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 40103.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 75853, Dec. 20, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[83 FR 34791, July 23, 2018]