---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 102"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "102"
heading: "Barge"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/102"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — General"
  - "Chapter 1 — Definitions"
---

# §102. Barge


In this title, the term “barge” means a non-self-propelled vessel.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1486.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 102 | 46:2101(2). |  |