[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: 46CFR174.020]

[Page 170]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 174--SPECIAL RULES PERTAINING TO SPECIFIC VESSEL TYPES--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B--Special Rules Pertaining to Deck Cargo Barges
 
Sec. 174.020  Alternate intact stability criterion.

    A barge need not comply with Sec. 174.015 and subparts C and E of 
part 170 of this chapter if it has the following characteristics:
    (a) The weather deck is watertight.
    (b) The barge's hull proportions fall within any one of the ratios 
in categories (A) through (D) in Table 174.020.
    (c) The maximum cargo height is 30 feet (9.25 meters) or a value 
equal to the depth of the barge amidships, whichever is less.

                              Table 174.020
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            Category               Beam/depth ratio    Draft/depth ratio
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A..............................  3.00 to 3.74.......  Equal to or less
                                                       than 0.70.
B..............................  3.75 to 3.99.......  Equal to or less
                                                       than 0.72.
C..............................  4.00 to 4.49.......  Equal to or less
                                                       than 0.76.
D..............................  4,50 to 6.00.......  Equal to or less
                                                       than 0.80.
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