46 CFR 138.100 - Purpose.

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Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Mar 17, 2025

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§ 138.100 - Purpose.

The purpose of this part is to prescribe requirements for owners or managing operators of towing vessels who adopt a Towing Safety Management System (TSMS) under this subchapter.

§ 138.115 - Compliance.

Owners or managing operators selecting the TSMS option must obtain a TSMS certificate issued under § 138.305 at least 6 months before obtaining a Certificate of Inspection (COI) for any of their vessels covered by the TSMS certificate.

authority: 46 U.S.C. 3103,3301,3306,3308,3316,8104,8904; 33 CFR 1.05; DHS Delegation 0170.1

source: 81 FR 40101, June 20, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 46 CFR 138.100