---
kind: "unit"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
key: "stII/ptG/ch109"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 109"
heading: "Proceedings on Unseaworthiness"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/stII-ptG-ch109"
sections_count: 8
---

# Chapter 109 — Proceedings on Unseaworthiness

Title 46 — Shipping › Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part G — Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief

## Sections

- [§10901. Application](/usc/46/10901.md)
- [§10902. Complaints of unfitness](/usc/46/10902.md)
- [§10903. Proceedings on examination of vessel](/usc/46/10903.md)
- [§10904. Refusal to proceed](/usc/46/10904.md)
- [§10905. Complaints in foreign ports](/usc/46/10905.md)
- [§10906. Discharge of crew for unsuitability](/usc/46/10906.md)
- [§10907. Permission to make complaint](/usc/46/10907.md)
- [§10908. Penalty for sending unseaworthy vessel to sea](/usc/46/10908.md)