the number reads from left to right. The number shall be located as high above the water line as practicable, but in no case less than 3 inches from the bottom of the numbers to the water line. § 172.20-5 Style of numbers. (a) The number shall be in block characters of good proportion, not less than 3 inches in height, and parallel with the water line as near the forward end of the bow as legibility of the entire number for surface and aerial identification permits. § 172.20-10 Color of numbers. (a) The numbers shall be of a color which will contrast with the color of the hull so as to be distinctly visible and legible; i. e., if the hull is light, the color of the numbers shall be dark, or if the hull is dark, the color of the numbers shall be light. CHAPTER II-FEDERAL MARITIME BOARD, MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NOTE: Reorganization Plan No. 21 of 1950, effective May 24, 1950 (15 F. R. 3178, 3 CFR, 1950 Supp.), abolished the U. S. Maritime Commission and established the Federal Maritime Board and the Maritime Administration. Changes in terminology necessitated by the reorganization are reflected in this chapter. Part 201 SUBCHAPTER A-PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Rules of practice and procedure before the Federal Maritime Board and the Maritime Administration. SUBCHAPTER B-REGULATIONS AFFECTING MARITIME CARRIERS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES Documentation, transfer or charter of vessels. Statements and agreements required to be filed. Bill of lading requirements. Free time and demurrage charges on import property applicable to all common carriers by water. Publication, posting and filing of freight and passenger rates, fares and charges. 221 222 223 226 231 235 236 237 243 244 Business practices of freight forwarders. 246 Schedules of common carriers by water in foreign commerce. Steamship conferences using contract/non-contract rates. Repairs to vessels under bareboat charter. Commercial forwarding of certain exports for foreign relief and rehabilitation. Formula for determining sea speed of vessels. SUBCHAPTER C-REGULATIONS AFFECTING SUBSIDIZED VESSELS AND OPERATORS 262 271 Minimum-wage, minimum-manning, and reasonable working conditions. Part 275 276 277 281 282 284 285 286 287 289 290 291 292 296 297 Outfitting materials and equipment for construction-differential subsidy vessels. Construction-differential subsidy repayment while vessels not operated in foreign trade. Domestic and foreign trade-interpretations. Information and procedure required under operating-differential subsidy agreements. Uniform system of accounts for operating-differential subsidy contractors. Valuation of vessels for determining capital employed and net earnings under operating-differential subsidy agreements. Determination of profit in contracts and subcontracts for construction, reconditioning, or reconstruction of ships. Establishment and maintenance of the statutory capital and special reserve funds and for the determination of "capital necessarily employed in the business" and "net earnings". Establishment of construction reserve funds. Insurance of construction-differential subsidy vessels, operating-differential subsidy vessels and of vessels sold or adjusted under the Merchant Ship Sales Act 1946. Forms. Definition of capital necessarily employed in the business. Procedure to be followed by operators in the rendition to the Maritime Administration of annual and final accountings under operating-differential subsidy agreements. SUBCHAPTER D-FEDERAL SHIP MORTGAGE INSURANCE Information concerning Federal ship mortgage insurance. Transactions and operations in Federal ship mortgage insurance fund debentures. SUBCHAPTER I-PHILIPPINE REHABILITATION Part 311 Charters under Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946. CROSS REFERENCES: Bureau of Customs, Department of the Treasury: See Customs Duties, 19 CFR Chapter I. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce: See Navigation and Navigable Waters, 33 CFR Chapter III. Coast Guard, Department of the Treasury: See Navigation and Navigable Waters, 33 CFR Foreign-Trade Zones Board: See Commerce and Foreign Trade, 15 CFR Chapter IV. Operation and Navigation of the Panama Canal: See Panama Canal, 35 CFR Chapter I. |