[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: 46CFR184.620]

[Page 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. 184.620  Propulsion engine control systems.

    (a) A vessel must have two independent means of controlling each 
propulsion engine. Control must be provided for the engine speed, 
direction of shaft rotation, and engine shutdown.
    (1) One of the means may be the ability to readily disconnect the 
remote engine control linkage to permit local operation.
    (2) A multiple engine vessel with independent remote propulsion 
control for each engine need not have a second means of controlling each 
engine.
    (b) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (a), a vessel must 
have a reliable means for shutting down a propulsion engine, at the main 
pilothouse control station, which is independent of the engine's speed 
control.
    (c) A propulsion engine control system, including pilothouse 
control, must be designed so that a loss of power to the control system 
does not result in an increase in shaft speed or propeller pitch.