Study Nav Rules and Legal Matters Online
| USCG |
Official Nav Rules page USCG page devoted strictly to the Navigation Rules. They include a unique offer to answer your questions on the Rules — our experience is they are prompt and helpful with responses. This page offers a download of the illustrated Navigation Rules in pdf format as well as links to the USCG exam data base on Nav Rules questions. All in all, an excellent service from the USCG. |
| Annotated Contents |
Starpath Annotated Contents of the NavRules The official Nav Rules book does have a table of contents, but it is just a list of the Rule names. There is no index to the publication, nor breakdown by subsection. Hence we have prepared this list to give a brief description of what is covered in each section and subsection of the Rules. It is a useful for overview and finding particular answers. |
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Rules, Regs, & Laws |
The USACE Legal Tool Box Page An excellent resource from the US Army Corps of Engineers. Especially valuable for inland waters. Includes links to latest bulletins and laws. An ideal starting point for anyone researching the legal aspects of any maritime issue. Also try their search engine on topics of interest... it digs down into their own pubs and bulletins. |
| NavInfo Center | Navigation Information Center Covers latest in GMDSS, GPS, NAVTEX, notices to mariners, and related information. The primary site for worldwide navigation services. |
| Local Notice to Mariners | United States Notices Canadian Notices Canadian page includes Light List and Radio Navigation Aids. |
| Navigation Rules | US Inland Navigation Rules As they appear in the United States Code, thanks to Cornell Law School. Remember this is only the initial statement of the law. Click the "Update" button on each page of the Cornell site and follow the instructions to learn of updates to the Rules and Annexes. You can see the related regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations. These CFRs are updated and replaced as new versions take effect, unlike the Code which stays in place and only gets superceded by new codes (laws). In short, the full authority basis of the Navigation Rules resides in both the USC and the CFRs. |
| USCG Rules Questions | In text form ("yellow books") By phone call GPO sales at 1-202-512-1800 and order GPO Stock number 050-012-00312-2. Cost is $12. To order on line, go to this GPO Access page and then copy and paste this into the search engine: Merchant Marine Examination Questions: 1, Rules of the Road You will then get the chance to order it on line. If you want to see all the books, don't add the vol and title. For help with online ordering call: 1-888-293-6498. |
| USCG Exam Prep |
USCG Exam Questions USCG Office Of Marine Safety. Includes latest news of USCG, most recent updates to regulations, and, as of December 1995, a list of all USCG questions used in merchant marine exams. Both deck licenses and engineering, they are presented as MS Excel and as Adobe acrobat files. This data bank includes many thousands of questions. Note this is a new modification to the USCG presentation of this data (2/14/98) so we do not know what is on these. They used to include the full data base of questions. |
| US Code |
Title 33
Navigation and Navigable Waters Title 46 Shipping Title 47 Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs
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| Canadian Modifications |
Canadian Shipping Act Full text of the Canadian modifications to the International Navigation Rules applicable in all Canadian Waters. These are also discussed and linked from the proper locations in Nav Rules Plus. |
| Law of the Sea |
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea Defines high seas, territorial waters, contiguous zones, fishing zones etc. Meaning of the "12-mile limit" etc., and other coastal and marine international laws. From the Tufts University Maritime Law Library. |
| Maritime Law |
Christopher Giaschi's Maritime Law Page From Canada, discusses individual cases with extensive links to related sites. Great resource here. Offers a mailing list for news on recent court cases. |