# 2026-16213: River Tales: Foreign Boat Eyes US Passenger Trade Waivers

2026-16213, Request Notice: Use of Foreign-Built Small Passenger Vessel in United States Coastwise Trade, M/V RIVER TALES, is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Maritime Administration published 2026-08-10, effective 2026-08-10 (as of 2026-08-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16213
- As of: 2026-08-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16213
- Title: Request Notice: Use of Foreign-Built Small Passenger Vessel in United States Coastwise Trade, M/V RIVER TALES
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Maritime Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 51524
- Published: 2026-08-10
- Effective: 2026-08-10
- Comments close: 2026-09-09
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-17

## In one line

River Tales: Foreign Boat Eyes US Passenger Trade Waivers

## Summary

The Secretary of Transportation, as represented by MARAD, is authorized to make determinations regarding the coastwise use of foreign built; certain U.S. built; and U.S. and foreign rebuilt vessels that solely carry no more than twelve passengers for hire. MARAD has received such a determination request and is publishing this notice to solicit comments to assist with determining whether the proposed use of the vessel set forth in the request would have an adverse effect on U.S. vessel builders or U.S. coastwise trade businesses that use U.S.- built vessels in those businesses. Information about the requestor's vessel, including a description of the proposed service, is in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2026-16213 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/10/2026-16213/request-notice-use-of-foreign-built-small-passenger-vessel-in-united-states-coastwise-trade-mv-river)
- [2026-16213 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-10/pdf/2026-16213.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16213 (as of 2026-08-17).