---
kind: "unit"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
key: "ch30"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 30"
heading: "International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/ch30"
sections_count: 8
---

# Chapter 30 — International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

## Sections

- [§1601. Definitions](/usc/33/1601.md)
- [§1602. International Regulations](/usc/33/1602.md)
- [§1603. Vessels subject to International Regulations](/usc/33/1603.md)
- [§1604. Vessels not subject to International Regulations](/usc/33/1604.md)
- [§1605. Navy and Coast Guard vessels of special construction or purpose](/usc/33/1605.md)
- [§1606. Special rules for ships of war, vessels proceeding under convoy, and fishing vessels engaged in fishing as a fleet](/usc/33/1606.md)
- [§1607. Implementation by rules and regulations; authority to promulgate](/usc/33/1607.md)
- [§1608. Civil penalties](/usc/33/1608.md)