[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR170.125]

[Page 101-102]
 
                           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.
    (b) Counterballasted vessel. If a vessel is counterballasted with 
water, the following information must be provided:

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    (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.