Section 528: Instructions to prevent harmful consequences

528. Instructions to prevent harmful consequences.—(1) When the measures taken by the master or the owner of a ship which is involved in a maritime casualty do not sufficiently prevent, mitigate or eliminate the harmful consequences of the maritime casualty, the Federal Government may for that purpose give instructions to the owner or charterer or operator, as the case may be, and the persons rendering assistance, requiring— (a) the presence of the ship and its cargo in a particular place or area; (b) the ship and its cargo to move a particular place or area; (c) assistance to be rendered to the ship or its cargo; and (d) grounding of the ship in a particular location;

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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