---
kind: "unit"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
key: "chI/subchH/part78"
level: "part"
label: "Part 78"
heading: "Operations"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78"
sections_count: 92
---

# Part 78 — Operations

Title 46 C.F.R. — Shipping › Chapter I — Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security › Subchapter H — Passenger Vessels

## Contents

- [Subpart 78.01 — Application](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.01.md)
- [Subpart 78.05 — Notice to Mariners and Aids to Navigation](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.05.md)
- [Subpart 78.07 — Notice and Reporting of Casualty and Voyage Records](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.07.md)
- [Subpart 78.10 — Persons Allowed in Pilothouse and on Navigation Bridge](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.10.md)
- [Subpart 78.12 — Stability Information](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.12.md)
- [Subpart 78.13 — Station Bills](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.13.md)
- [Subpart 78.15 — Doors Closed at Sea](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.15.md)
- [Subpart 78.16 — Port Lights](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.16.md)
- [Subpart 78.17 — Tests, Drills, and Inspections](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.17.md)
- [Subpart 78.19 — Auto Pilot](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.19.md)
- [Subpart 78.21 — Maneuvering Characteristics](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.21.md)
- [Subpart 78.23 — Whistling](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.23.md)
- [Subpart 78.27 — Searchlights](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.27.md)
- [Subpart 78.30 — Lookouts, Pilothouse Watch, Patrolmen, and Watchmen](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.30.md)
- [Subpart 78.33 — Reports of Accidents, Repairs, and Unsafe Equipment](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.33.md)
- [Subpart 78.35 — Communication Between Deckhouses](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.35.md)
- [Subpart 78.36 — Work Vests](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.36.md)
- [Subpart 78.37 — Logbook Entries](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.37.md)
- [Subpart 78.40 — Vehicular Ferries](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.40.md)
- [Subpart 78.45 — Display of Plans](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.45.md)
- [Subpart 78.47 — Markings for Fire and Emergency Equipment, Etc.](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.47.md)
- [Subpart 78.50 — Markings on Vessels](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.50.md)
- [Subpart 78.55 — Carrying of Excess Steam](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.55.md)
- [Subpart 78.57 — Routing Instructions](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.57.md)
- [Subpart 78.60 — Compliance With Provisions of Certificate of Inspection](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.60.md)
- [Subpart 78.65 — Exhibition of Merchant Mariner Credential](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.65.md)
- [Subpart 78.70 — De-Energizing of Cargo Hold Lighting Circuits When Grain or Other Combustible Bulk Cargo is Carried](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.70.md)
- [Subpart 78.83 — Operation of Vehicles in Enclosed Locations](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.83.md)
- [Subpart 78.90 — Pilot Boarding Operations](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.90.md)
- [Subpart 78.95 — Person in Charge of Transfer of Liquid Cargo in Bulk](/cfr/46/chI-subchH-part78-subpart78.95.md)