---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 68.60"
title: "46"
number: "68.60"
heading: "Eligibility of a vessel for a coastwise endorsement under this subpart."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/68.60"
---

# §68.60. Eligibility of a vessel for a coastwise endorsement under this subpart.

- (a) To be eligible for a coastwise endorsement under [46 U.S.C. 12106(e)](/usc/46/12106.md?p=e) and to operate in coastwise trade under 46 U.S.C. [12106(e)](/usc/46/12106.md?p=e) and [12110(b)](/usc/46/12110.md?p=b), a vessel must meet the following:
  - (1) The vessel is eligible for documentation under [46 U.S.C. 12102](/usc/46/12102.md).
  - (2) The vessel is eligible for a coastwise endorsement under [§ 67.19(c)](/cfr/46/67.19.md?p=c) of this chapter and has not lost coastwise eligibility under [§ 67.19(d)](/cfr/46/67.19.md?p=d) of this chapter.
  - (3) The person that owns the vessel (or, if the vessel is owned by a trust or similar arrangement, the beneficiary of the trust or similar arrangement) makes the certification in [§ 68.65](/cfr/46/68.65.md).
  - (4) The person that owns the vessel has transferred to a qualified U.S. citizen under 46 U.S.C. app. 802 full possession, control, and command of the vessel through a demise charter in which the demise charterer is considered the owner pro hac vice during the term of the charter.
  - (5) The charterer must certify to the Director, National Vessel Documentation Center, that the charterer is a citizen of the United States for engaging in the coastwise trade under 46 U.S.C. app. 802.
  - (6) The demise charter is for a period of at least 3 years, unless a shorter period is authorized by the Director, National Vessel Documentation Center, under circumstances such as—
    - (i) When the vessel's remaining life would not support a charter of 3 years; or
    - (ii) **To preserve the use or possession of the vessel.**
- (b) To apply for a coastwise endorsement for a vessel under a demise charter, see [§ 68.70](/cfr/46/68.70.md) and, for a barge, see [§ 68.75](/cfr/46/68.75.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: USCG-2005-20258, 71 FR 61419, Oct. 18, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 8105; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 80-107, 47 FR 27511, June 24, 1982, unless otherwise noted.