{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s55334","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f55334.","heading":"Restrictions on operations","text":"\u00a7\u202f55334.\nRestrictions on operations\n(a)\nProhibitions.\u2014\nExcept as provided in subsection (b), an American Great Lakes vessel may not be used to\u2014\n(1) engage in trade\u2014\n(A) from a port in the United States that is not located on the Great Lakes; or\n(B) between ports in the United States;\n(2) transport bulk cargo (as defined in\nsection 40102 of this title\nsection 2631 of title 10\n(3) provide a service (except ocean freight service) as\u2014\n(A) a contract carrier; or\n(B) a common carrier on a fixed advertised schedule offering frequent sailings at regular intervals in the foreign trade of the United States.\n(b)\nOff-Season Exception.\u2014\nAn American Great Lakes vessel may be used for not more than 90 days during any 12-month period to engage in trade prohibited by subsection (a)(1)(A), except during the Great Lakes shipping season.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s55334.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55334","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f55334."},{"t":"heading","text":"Restrictions on operations"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55334/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Prohibitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Except as provided in subsection (b), an American Great Lakes vessel may not be used to\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55334/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" engage in trade\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55334/a/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" from a port in the United States that is not located on the Great Lakes; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55334/a/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" between ports in the United States;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55334/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" transport bulk cargo (as defined in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 40102 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s40102","tail":") that is subject to section 55305 or 55314 of this title or "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 2631 of title 10","href":"/us/usc/t10/s2631","tail":"; or"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55334/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" provide a service (except ocean freight service) as\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55334/a/3/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" a contract carrier; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55334/a/3/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" a common carrier on a fixed advertised schedule offering frequent sailings at regular intervals in the foreign trade of the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55334/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Off-Season Exception.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"An American Great Lakes vessel may be used for not more than 90 days during any 12-month period to engage in trade prohibited by subsection (a)(1)(A), except during the Great Lakes shipping season.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}