[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR170.125]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 170--STABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL INSPECTED VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart D--Stability Instructions for Operating Personnel
 
Sec. 170.125  Operating information for a vessel engaged in lifting.

    In addition to the information required in Sec. 170.110, the 
following information must be included in the stability booklet of a 
vessel that is required to comply with Sec. 173.005 of this subchapter:
    (a) Non-counterballasted vessel. If a vessel is not 
counterballasted, stability information setting forth hook load limits 
corresponding to boom radii based on the intact stability criterion in 
Sec. 173.020 must be provided.

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    (b) Counterballasted vessel. If a vessel is counterballasted with 
water, the following information must be provided:
    (1) Instructions on the effect of the free surface of the 
counterballast water.
    (2) Instructions on the amounts of counterballast needed to 
compensate for hook load heeling moments.
    (3) If a vessel has fixed counterballast, a table of draft versus 
maximum vertical moment of deck cargo and hook load combined.
    (4) If a vessel has variable counterballast, a table of draft versus 
maximum vertical moment of deck cargo and hook load combined for each 
counterballasted condition.