---
kind: "unit"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
key: "stVII/ch700"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 700"
heading: "Ports and Waterways Safety"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/stVII-ch700"
sections_count: 24
---

# Chapter 700 — Ports and Waterways Safety

Title 46 — Shipping › Subtitle VII — Security and Drug Enforcement

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Vessel Operations](/usc/46/stVII-ch700-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Ports and Waterways Safety](/usc/46/stVII-ch700-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Condition for Entry into Ports in the United States](/usc/46/stVII-ch700-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Definitions, Regulations, Enforcement, Investigatory Powers, Applicability](/usc/46/stVII-ch700-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Regattas and Marine Parades](/usc/46/stVII-ch700-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Regulation of Vessels in Territorial Waters of United States](/usc/46/stVII-ch700-schVI.md)