Implementation of Training Requirements for Personnel Serving on U.S.-Flagged Passenger Ships That Carry More Than 12 Passengers on International Voyages

What it does

The Coast Guard is amending its merchant mariner training regulations to implement amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, and the Seafarers' Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Code, to require personnel serving on U.S.-flagged passenger ships carrying more than 12 passengers on international voyages to complete passenger ship emergency familiarization. This final rule also expands the applicability of the required crowd management training to include specified ratings on passenger ships. These required trainings would promote the safety of life at sea.

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

What changed in the regulation

2 parts of Title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

46 CFR 11, 46 CFR 12

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

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.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1625-AC68 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This final rule is effective October 26, 2026. The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of October 26, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket USCG-2022-0649 on Regulations.gov
• Title 46 on eCFR

The record as published

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