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Title 46 — ShippingRelease 119-73

§14512 Standard tonnage measurement

Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Vessels and Seamen › Part Part J— - Measurement of Vessels › Chapter CHAPTER 145— - REGULATORY MEASUREMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - FORMAL SYSTEMS › § 14512

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must make rules for measuring a vessel’s gross and net tonnage under this part. The rules must give tonnage results that are comparable to the tonnages that would have been assigned under sections 4151 and 4153 of the Revised Statutes as those sections existed immediately before this section was enacted. If the owner or master of a U.S. vessel used in foreign trade asks, the Secretary may add an appendix to the vessel’s register showing measurements of spaces that other countries allow to be deducted from gross tonnage but that U.S. rules do not.

Full Legal Text

Title 46, §14512

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(a)The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for measuring the gross and net tonnages of a vessel under this subchapter. The regulations shall provide for tonnages comparable to the tonnages that could have been assigned under section 4151 and 4153 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as section 4151 and 4153 existed immediately before the enactment of this section.
(b)On application of the owner or master of a vessel of the United States used in foreign trade, the Secretary may attach an appendix to the vessel’s register stating the measurement of spaces that may be deducted from gross tonnage under laws and regulations of other countries but not under those of the United States.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section 14512 Source: Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 75, 77. section 14512(a) requires the Secretary to prescribe

Regulations

for regulatory measurement systems. It further provides that the

Regulations

must allow for the determination of tonnages similar to those that could have been found under the existing law (46 App. U.S.C. 75 & 77). section 14512(b) authorizes the Secretary to attach an appendix to a vessel’s register stating the measurement of spaces that may be deducted from the gross tonnage under laws and

Regulations

of other countries but not under the laws of the United States.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 4151 and 4153 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in subsec. (a), were classified to section 75 and 77, respectively, of the former Appendix to this title and were repealed by Pub. L. 99–509, title V, § 5104(b), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1928.

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Citation

46 U.S.C. § 14512

Title 46 — Shipping

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73