# 33 CFR § 162.5: Definitions

> Federal · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-162.5

## Section

- **Citation:** 33 CFR § 162.5
- **Heading:** Definitions
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER P—PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY > PART 162—INLAND WATERWAYS NAVIGATION REGULATIONS

## Text

The following definition applies to this part:
Merchant mariner credential or MMC means the credential issued by the Coast Guard under 46 CFR part 10. It combines the individual merchant mariner's document, license, and certificate of registry enumerated in 46 U.S.C. subtitle II part E as well as the STCW endorsement into a single credential that serves as the mariner's qualification document, certificate of identification, and certificate of service.
[USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11212, Mar. 16, 2009]

## Nearby sections

- [33 CFR § 162.1 § 162.1 General.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-162.1.md)
- [33 CFR § 162.5 § 162.5 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-162.5.md)
- [33 CFR § 162.15 § 162.15 Manhasset Bay, N.Y.; seaplane restricted area.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-162.15.md)
- [33 CFR § 162.20 § 162.20 Flushing Bay near La Guardia Airport, Flushing, N.Y.; restricted area.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-162.20.md)
- [33 CFR § 162.30 § 162.30 Channel of Tuckerton Creek, N.J.; navigation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-162.30.md)
- [33 CFR § 162.35 § 162.35 Channel of Christina River, Del.; navigation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-162.35.md)
- [33 CFR § 162.40 § 162.40 Inland waterway from Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Del. and Md. (Chesapeake and Delaware Canal).](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-162.40.md)
- [33 CFR § 162.65 § 162.65 All waterways tributary to the Atlantic Ocean south of Chesapeake Bay and all waterways tributary to the Gulf of America east and south of St. Marks, Fla.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-162.65.md)
- [33 CFR § 162.75 § 162.75 All waterways tributary to the Gulf of America (except the Mississippi River, its tributaries, South and Southwest Passes and Atchafalaya River) from St. Marks, Fla., to the Rio Grande.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-162.75.md)
- [33 CFR § 162.80 § 162.80 Mississippi River below mouth of Ohio River, including South and Southwest passes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-162.80.md)
- [33 CFR § 162.100 § 162.100 Ohio River at Louisville, KY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-162.100.md)
- [33 CFR § 162.105 § 162.105 Missouri River; administration and navigation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-162.105.md)
- [33 CFR § 162.115 § 162.115 Keweenaw Waterway, Mich.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-162.115.md)
- [33 CFR § 162.117 § 162.117 St. Marys River, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-162.117.md)

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