19 U.S.C. § 1446 : US Code - Section 1446: Supplies and stores retained on board

Search 19 U.S.C. § 1446 : US Code - Section 1446: Supplies and stores retained on board

Vessels arriving in the United States from foreign ports may
retain on board, without the payment of duty, all coal and other
fuel supplies, ships' stores, sea stores, and the legitimate
equipment of such vessels. Any such supplies, ships' stores, sea
stores, or equipment landed and delivered from such vessel shall be
considered and treated as imported merchandise: Provided, That
bunker coal, bunker oil, ships' stores, sea stores, or the
legitimate equipment of vessels belonging to regular lines plying
between foreign ports and the United States, which are delayed in
port for any cause, may be transferred under a permit by the
appropriate customs officer and under customs supervision from the
vessel so delayed to another vessel of the same line and owner, and
engaged in the foreign trade, without the payment of duty thereon.