[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR42.09-5]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 42_DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN VOYAGES BY SEA--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart 42.09_Load Line Assignments and Surveys_General Requirements
 
Sec. 42.09-5  All vessels--division into types.

    (a) For the purposes of this part, each vessel to which this part 
applies is either a Type ``A'' or a Type ``B'' vessel.
    (b) A Type ``A'' vessel is a vessel that--
    (1) Is designed to carry only liquid cargoes in bulk;
    (2) Has a high degree of watertight and structural integrity of the 
deck exposed to the weather, with only small openings to cargo 
compartments that are closed by watertight gasketed covers of steel or 
other material considered equivalent by the Commandant; and
    (3) Has a low permeability of loaded cargo compartments.
    (c) A Type ``B'' vessel is any vessel that is not a Type ``A'' 
vessel.
    (d) Requirements governing the assignment of freeboards for Types 
``A'' and ``B'' vessels are in subparts 42.20 and 42.25 of this part.

[CGD 79-153, 48 FR 38647, Aug. 25, 1983]