---
kind: "unit"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
key: "stII/ptB/ch37"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 37"
heading: "Carriage of Liquid Bulk Dangerous Cargoes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/stII-ptB-ch37"
sections_count: 20
---

# Chapter 37 — Carriage of Liquid Bulk Dangerous Cargoes

Title 46 — Shipping › Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part B — Inspection and Regulation of Vessels

## Sections

- [§3701. Definitions](/usc/46/3701.md)
- [§3702. Application](/usc/46/3702.md)
- [§3703. Regulations](/usc/46/3703.md)
- [§3703a. Tank vessel construction standards](/usc/46/3703a.md)
- [§3704. Coastwise trade vessels](/usc/46/3704.md)
- [§3705. Crude oil tanker minimum standards](/usc/46/3705.md)
- [§3706. Product carrier minimum standards](/usc/46/3706.md)
- [§3707. Tanker minimum standards](/usc/46/3707.md)
- [§3708. Self-propelled tank vessel minimum standards](/usc/46/3708.md)
- [§3709. Exemptions](/usc/46/3709.md)
- [§3710. Evidence of compliance by vessels of the United States](/usc/46/3710.md)
- [§3711. Evidence of compliance by foreign vessels](/usc/46/3711.md)
- [§3712. Notification of noncompliance](/usc/46/3712.md)
- [§3713. Prohibited acts](/usc/46/3713.md)
- [§3714. Inspection and examination](/usc/46/3714.md)
- [§3715. Lightering](/usc/46/3715.md)
- [§3716. Tank washings](/usc/46/3716.md)
- [§3717. Marine safety information system](/usc/46/3717.md)
- [§3718. Penalties](/usc/46/3718.md)
- [§3719. Reduction of oil spills from single hull non-self-propelled tank vessels](/usc/46/3719.md)