Sec. 80.503  Cooperative use of facilities.

    (a) A person engaged in the operation of one or more commercial 
transport vessels or government vessels may receive maritime mobile 
service from a private coast station or a marine utility station on 
shore even though not the licensee of the private coast station or the 
marine utility station. Restrictions on cooperative arrangements are as 
follows:
    (1) Foreign persons must be the licensees of the radio stations 
installed on board their vessels.
    (2) The licensee of a private coast station or marine utility 
station on shore may install ship radio stations on board United States 
commercial transport vessels of other persons. In each case these 
persons must enter into a written agreement verifying that the ship 
station licensee has the sole right of control of the ship stations, 
that the vessel operators must use the ship stations subject to the 
orders and instructions of the coast station or marine utility station 
on shore, and that the ship station licensee will have sufficient 
control of the ship station to enable it to carry out its 
responsibilities under the ship station license.
    (b) Cooperative arrangements are limited concerning cost and charges 
as follows:
    (1) The arrangement must be established on a non-profit, cost-
sharing basis by written contract. A copy of the contract must be kept 
with the station records and made available for inspection by Commission 
representatives.
    (2) Contributions to capital and operating expenses are to be 
prorated on an equitable basis among all persons who are parties to the 
cooperative arrangement. Records which reflect the cost of the service 
and its nonprofit, cost-sharing nature must be maintained by the 
licensee of the station and made available for inspection by Commission 
representatives.