{"data":{"id":"us/33-cfr-161.11","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 CFR 161.11","heading":"VTS measures.","body":"(a) A VTS may issue measures or directions to enhance navigation and vessel safety and to protect the marine environment, such as, but not limited to:\n(1) Designating temporary reporting points and procedures;\n(2) Imposing vessel operating requirements; or\n(3) Establishing vessel traffic routing schemes.\n(b) During conditions of vessel congestion, restricted visibility, adverse weather, or other hazardous circumstances, a VTS may control, supervise, or otherwise manage traffic, by specifying times of entry, movement, or departure to, from, or within a VTS area.","path":["Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER P—PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY","PART 161—VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT","Subpart A—Vessel Traffic Services"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-33.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:35Z","sha256":"6be857ce4138d2bfae5b3fc473d5886dd46cc23c039b26e277070bb17944bf3b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/33-cfr-161.10","next":"us/33-cfr-161.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}