Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 10, 2026

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Jan 15, 2026
§ 15.816 - Automatic radar plotting aids (ARPA).

Every person in the required complement of deck officers, including the Master, on seagoing vessels equipped with automatic radar plotting aids (ARPA), except those vessels listed in § 15.105(f) and (g), must hold an appropriate STCW endorsement valid for vessels equipped with ARPA.

[USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 78007, Dec. 24, 2013]
authority: 46 U.S.C. 2101,2103,3306,3703,8101,8102,8103,8104,8105,8301,8304,8502,8503,8701,8702,8901,8902,8903,8904,8905,8906; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; and DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4
source: CGD 81-059, 52 FR 38652, Oct. 16, 1987, as amended by USCG-2021-0097, 89 FR 93118, Nov. 25, 2024, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 15.816