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US Coast Guard Circulars

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The US Coast Guard Circulars Collection holds digitized NVICs published from 1960 through 2000. A Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) provides detailed guidance about the enforcement or compliance with certain Federal marine safety regulations and Coast Guard marine safety programs. The collection is searchable by NVIC number. Bookmark this collection: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/collection_uscgcirculars or https://doi.org/10.21949/1530856.

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  • Voluntary Standards for US Uninspected Commercial Fishing Vessels
  • Equivalence to Minimum Bow Height Requirements for Load Line Assignment
  • Coast Guard Relationships with Classification Societies for US Flag Vessels
  • Information on the Adequacy and Currency of Nautical Charts
  • Hydraulic Release Units for Life Rafts Life Floats and Buoyant Apparatus and Alternate FloatFree Arrangements
  • Shipment and Discharge of Seamen
  • Coast Guard Guidance Regarding Requirements for Automatic Radar Plotting Aid ARPA and Device to Indicate Speed and Distance Speed Log
  • Oversight of Technical and Administrative Aspects of Load Line Assignment
  • Recall and Other Corrective Measures for Lifesaving Equipment
  • Bulk Liquid Cargo Finding Aid
  • Notification to the US Coast Guard for Enforcement of Load Line Requirements
  • Change 1 to NVIC 485 of 29 May 1985 Subj Recalls and Other Corrective Measures of Lifesaving and Fire Protection Equipment
  • Guidelines for New Construction or Major Modification of US Flag Vessels in Foreign Shipyards
  • Electrical Installations in Agricultural Dust Locations
  • Recommendations for the Submittal of Merchant Vessel Plans and Specifications
  • Outer Continental Shelf OCS Citizenship Requirement
  • Automated Main and Auxiliary Machinery
  • Equivalent Determination for Existing Installed OilWater Separators which have Not Received US Coast Guard Approval
  • Amendments to the 1974 Safety of Life at Sea SOLAS Treaty
  • Lack of Topstitching on Some Type I Personal Flotation Devices PFDs