33 U.S.C. § 2015
Section 2015 · Crossing situation (Rule 15)
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Arkin v. White Cloud Charter Boat Co. (1987)
Most recently applied in 523 F. Supp. 2d 697 - Matheny v. Tennessee Valley Authority (December 2007)
When two power-driven vessels are crossing so as to involve risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her starboard side shall keep out of the way and shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, avoid crossing ahead of the other vessel.
Notwithstanding paragraph (a), on the Great Lakes, Western Rivers, or water specified by the Secretary, a power-driven vessel crossing a river shall keep out of the way of a power-driven vessel ascending or descending the river.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Codification
Section was enacted as part of section 2 of Pub. L. 96–591 which enacted the Inland Navigational Rules which comprise this subchapter.
Amendments
1996—Par. (b). Pub. L. 104–324 inserted “power-driven” after “Secretary, a”.