---
kind: "unit"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
key: "stV/ptD/ch551"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 551"
heading: "Coastwise Trade"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/stV-ptD-ch551"
sections_count: 23
---

# Chapter 551 — Coastwise Trade

Title 46 — Shipping › Subtitle V — Merchant Marine › Part D — Promotional Programs

## Sections

- [§55101. Application of coastwise laws](/usc/46/55101.md)
- [§55102. Transportation of merchandise](/usc/46/55102.md)
- [§55103. Transportation of passengers](/usc/46/55103.md)
- [§55104. Transportation of passengers between Puerto Rico and other ports in the United States](/usc/46/55104.md)
- [§55105. Transportation of hazardous waste](/usc/46/55105.md)
- [§55106. Merchandise transferred between barges](/usc/46/55106.md)
- [§55107. Empty cargo containers and barges](/usc/46/55107.md)
- [§55108. Platform jackets](/usc/46/55108.md)
- [§55109. Dredging](/usc/46/55109.md)
- [§55110. Transportation of valueless material or dredged material](/usc/46/55110.md)
- [§55111. Towing](/usc/46/55111.md)
- [§55112. Vessel escort operations and towing assistance](/usc/46/55112.md)
- [§55113. Use of foreign documented oil spill response vessels](/usc/46/55113.md)
- [§55114. Unloading fish from foreign vessels](/usc/46/55114.md)
- [§55115. Supplies on fish processing vessels](/usc/46/55115.md)
- [§55116. Canadian rail lines](/usc/46/55116.md)
- [§55117. Great Lakes rail route](/usc/46/55117.md)
- [§55118. Foreign railroads whose road enters by ferry, tugboat, or towboat](/usc/46/55118.md)
- [§55119. Yukon River](/usc/46/55119.md)
- [§55120. Transshipment of imported merchandise intended for immediate exportation](/usc/46/55120.md)
- [§55121. Transportation of merchandise and passengers on Canadian vessels](/usc/46/55121.md)
- [§55122. Floating dry docks](/usc/46/55122.md)
- [§55123. Priority loading for coal](/usc/46/55123.md)