{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-153.12","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 153.12","heading":"IMO Certificates for United States Ships.","body":"Either a classification society authorized under 46 CFR part 8, or the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, issues a United States ship an IMO Certificate endorsed to allow the carriage of a hazardous material or NLS cargo in table 1 of this part if the following requirements are met:\n(a) The ship's owner must make a request to the OCMI for the IMO Certificate.\n(b) The ship must meet this part.\n(c) Self-propelled ships contracted for after November 1, 1973 but built before December 28, 1977 must meet requirements in this part that apply to a self-propelled ship built on December 28, 1977.\n(d) Non-self-propelled ships contracted for after November 1, 1973 but built before July 1, 1983 must meet the requirements in this part applying to non-self-propelled ships built on July 1, 1983.","path":["Title 46—Shipping","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER O—CERTAIN BULK DANGEROUS CARGOES","PART 153—SHIPS CARRYING BULK LIQUID, LIQUEFIED GAS, OR COMPRESSED GAS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-46.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:22Z","sha256":"117bf474532ad1393acc35f5faa8f4153cf1fa84cf95cd032cfa8f838c4c4088","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-153.10","next":"us/46-cfr-153.15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}