[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: 46CFR199.280]

[Page 505-506]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 199_LIFESAVING SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN INSPECTED VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart D_Additional Requirements for Cargo Vessels
 
Sec. 199.280  Survival craft embarkation and launching arrangements.

    (a) Each lifeboat must be arranged to be boarded and launched 
directly from the stowed position.
    (b) Each davit-launched liferaft must be arranged to be boarded and 
launched from a position immediately adjacent to the stowed position or 
from a position where, under Sec. 199.130(c)(4), the liferaft is 
transferred before launching.
    (c) Cargo vessels of 20,000 tons gross tonnage or more must carry 
lifeboats that are capable of being launched, using painters if 
necessary, with the vessel making headway at speeds up to 5 knots in 
clam water.
    (d) All survival craft required for abandonment by the total number 
of persons on board must be capable of

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being launched with their full complement of persons and equipment 
within 10 minutes from the time the abandon-ship signal is given.
    (e) On a tank vessel carrying crude oil, product, chemicals, or 
liquefied gases, notwithstanding the requirements of Sec. 199.150(c), 
each launching appliance, together with its lowering and recovery gear, 
must be arranged so that the fully equipped survival craft the launching 
appliance serves can be safely lowered on the lower side of the vessel 
at the angle of heel after damage calculated in accordance with--
    (1) The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution 
from Ships, 1973, as amended by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78), in 
the case of an oil tanker;
    (2) The International Code for the Construction and Equipment of 
Ships carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk, in the case of a chemical 
tanker; or
    (3) The International Code for the Construction and Equipment of 
Ships carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk, in the case of a gas carrier.

[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25313, May 20, 1996, as amended by USCG-1999-6216, 64 
FR 53229, Oct. 1, 1999]