Regulations last checked for updates: Dec 17, 2025

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Nov 24, 2025
§ 80.15 - Ocean voyage.

An ocean voyage for the purposes of this part means:

A voyage on any body of water seaward of the low water mark such as an ocean or arm thereof, other major bodies of water such as seas, gulfs, and straits, except voyages exclusively within harbors and small coastal indentations.

[CGD 79-180, 48 FR 7456, Feb. 22, 1983]
authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1
source: CGD 72-187R, 38 FR 9081, Apr. 10, 1973, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 80.15