### Question
What does coastwise-qualified vessel mean?


### Answer
**Coastwise-qualified vessel** has the following meaning in *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 883*:

> a vessel that has been issued a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement under section 12106 of title 46 and the term “platform jacket” refers to a single physical component and includes any type of offshore exploration, development, or production structure or component thereof, including platform jackets, tension leg or SPAR platform superstructures (including the deck, drilling rig and support utilities, and supporting structure), hull (including vertical legs and connecting pontoons or vertical cylinder), tower and base sections of a platform jacket, jacket structures, and deck modules (known as “topsides”)

#### Citation:
  - *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 883*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 24-MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1920**

