Cancellation of Obsolete Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular

What it does

The Coast Guard announces the cancellation of an obsolete Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC). NVICs are guidance documents issued by the Coast Guard. While they do not have the force of law, NVICs help ensure Coast Guard inspections and other regulatory actions conducted by field personnel are complete and consistent. Similarly, the marine industry and the general public rely on NVICs to assess how the Coast Guard will enforce certain regulations or conduct various marine safety programs. Thus, to avoid confusion, it is important that the public be notified when NVICs are cancelled.

The Coast Guard's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

4 parts of Title 33, 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

33 CFR 151, 33 CFR 152, 33 CFR 159, 46 CFR 162

Compared with

The Coast Guard has published 341 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 224 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

NVIC 01-04 was cancelled on December 2, 2025.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket USCG-2026-0378 on Regulations.gov
• Title 33 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register