CFR > Title 46 - Shipping > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER G—DOCUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT OF VESSELS (parts 66 to 69) > PART 69—MEASUREMENT OF VESSELS > SUBPART B—Convention Measurement System (§69.51 to §69.75) > 69.51—Purpose.

69.51—Purpose.

This subpart prescribes the requirements for measuring a vessel in order to comply with the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 (Convention), and 46 U.S.C. chapter 143.