Office of Navigation Systems - Navigation Standards Division

United States Coast Guard
Navigation Standards Division
COMMANDANT (CG-NAV-2)

The Navigation Standards Division (CG-NAV-2) reports directly to the Office of Navigation Systems (CG-NAV), which is under the Director of Marine Transportation Systems (CG-5PW). The division creates policy and regulations for Marine Spatial Planning, Vessel Traffic Service, Navigation Carriage Requirements, Port and Waterways Safety Assessment and the Navigation Rules of the Road. The division also convenes the Navigation Safety Advisory Committee.

 

Resources:
Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment
Port Access Route Studies
Rules of the Road
IALA & IWRAP Risk Assessment Tool
Electronic Chart Display Information Systems
Off-Shore Renewable Energy
Bridge-Bridge Radiotelephone Act
Regulated Navigation Areas
Certificates of Alternative Compliance


Contact the Navigation Standards Division

Last Modified: 6/6/2017

The Commandant of the Coast Guard may designate a Marine Board of Investigation to conduct an investigation under Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, Subpart 4.09 if it appears that doing so would promote safety of life and property at sea or would be in the public interest.  Marine Boards of Investigation are conducted in a more formal, structured and public investigative process than a standard Coast Guard marine safety investigation.  Under Coast Guard policy and procedures, District Commanders and Officers in Charge, Marine Inspection (OCMIs) have the ability to convene "Formal" level marine casualty investigations under Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, Subpart 4.07; in which the assigned Investigating Officers follow the same general process and procedures used by a MBOI.