CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER IV—SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION > PART 401—SEAWAY REGULATIONS AND RULES > SUBPART A—Regulations (§401.1 to §401.97) > 401.84—Reporting of impairment or other hazard by vessels transiting within the Seaway.

401.84—Reporting of impairment or other hazard by vessels transiting within the Seaway.

While transiting the Seaway, the master of a vessel shall immediately report to the nearest Seaway station:
(a) Any condition of the vessel that might impair its ability to transit safely and expeditiously;
(b) Any hazardous condition of the vessel;
(c) Any malfunction on the vessel of equipment required by §§ 401.5 to 401.19 and subsections (e) through (j) of Schedule I of subpart A of this Part;
(d) Any difficulty on the part of the vessel in controlling its tow or tows;
(e) Any hazard, dangerous situation or malfunctioning aid to navigation which has not been published in a Notice to Mariners;
(f) Any loss of anchor with particulars of the precise location of the loss; and
(g) Any location where visibility is less than one nautical mile.

Code of Federal Regulations

(68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990 , as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471)

Code of Federal Regulations

[45 FR 52380, Aug. 7, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 51124, Nov. 12, 1982; 61 FR 19552, May 2, 1996; 65 FR 52915, Aug. 31, 2000]