[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: 46CFR184.602]

[Page 300-301]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 184_VESSEL CONTROL AND MISCELLANEOUS SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT--Table of 
Contents
 
          Subpart F_Control and Internal Communications Systems
 
Sec. 184.602  Internal communications systems.


    (a) A vessel equipped with pilothouse control must have a fixed 
means of two-way communications from the operating station to the 
location where the means of controlling the propulsion machinery, 
required by Sec. 184.620(a) of this part, is located. Twin screw 
vessels with pilothouse control for both engines are not required to 
have a fixed communications system.

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    (b) A vessel equipped with auxiliary means of steering, required by 
Sec. 182.620 of this subchapter, must have a fixed means of two-way 
communications from the operating station to the location where the 
auxiliary means of steering is controlled.
    (c) When the propulsion machinery of a vessel cannot be controlled 
from the operating station, an efficient communications system must be 
provided between the operating station and the propulsion machinery 
space.
    (d) When the locations addressed in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of 
this section are sufficiently close together, direct voice 
communications satisfactory to the cognizant OCMI is acceptable instead 
of the required fixed means of communications.
    (e) The OCMI may accept hand held portable radios as satisfying the 
communications system requirement of this section.