Convention Measurement
Historical and Revision Notes
Chapter 143 provides implementing legislation for the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships (Convention) which came into effect in the United States on . Chapter 143, therefore, is based primarily on the Convention, not on provisions in existing U.S. law.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2010—Pub. L. 111–281, title III, § 303(e)(3), , 124 Stat. 2925, substituted “Tonnage Certificate” for “International Tonnage Certificate (1969)” in item 14303.