[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: 46CFR47.640] [Page 99-108] TITLE 46--SHIPPING CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED) PART 47_COMBINATION LOAD LINES--Table of Contents Subpart F_International and Great Lakes Service; Stability Limited Deck Cargo Barges Sec. 47.640 Form of certificate. The form of the certificate is as specified in Sec. 42.50-5(b) of this subchapter with the exception that the illustrated load line marks are as shown in Figure 1 below. [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC01FE91.017 Subpart G [Reserved] [[Page 101]] INDEX SUBCHAPTER E_LOAD LINES Editorial Note: This listing is provided for informational purposes only. It is compiled and kept current by the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security. This index is updated as of October 1, 2003. Part, subpart, or section A Access openings in bulkheads at ends of superstructure............45.113 Additional survey requirements for steel-hull vessels...........42.09-30 Additional survey requirements for wood-hull vessels............42.09-35 Administration..........................................Subpart A; 46.10 Administration; special service..................................44.01-5 Air pipes...............................................42.15-50; 45.133 All vessels - division into types................................42.09-5 American Bureau of Shipping as an assigning authority...........42.07-35 Annual surveys..................................................42.09-40 Applicability.....................................................44.300 Application...............................................42.03, 42.25-1 Application for the assignment and renewal of subdivision load line marks......................................................46.10-20 Application for: Annual survey...................................................42.11-20 Load line assignments and certificates for vessels other than U.S.-flag vessels...............................................42.11-10 Load line assignments, surveys, and certificates for U.S.-flag vessels..........................................................42.11-5 Limber load lines...............................................42.11-15 Applications for Load Lines Assignments, Surveys, and Certificates 42.11 Application of regulations......................................46.01-15 Approval by Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, of special service....44.01-10 Approval of the assigning authority.............................42.07-30 Approval of the Commandant......................................42.07-25 Approved.........................................................42.05-1 Assigning authority.............................................42.05-10 Assignment and marking load lines; special service..............44.01-11 Assignment of load lines.........................................42.09-1 Assumptions......................................................42.13-1 Authority and Purpose..............................................42.01 Authority for regulations........................................42.01-1 B Bulwarks and guardrails...........................................45.115 C Cancellation of load line certificates or exemption certificates 42.07-55 Cargo and other hatchways.......................................42.15-20 Cargo ports.......................................................45.137 [[Page 102]] Cargo ports and other similar openings..........................42.15-55 Certification.....................................................45.175 Charge in assigning authority...................................42.07-43 Coast Guard District Commander or District Commander............42.05-25 Coastwise load line certificates for U.S.-flag vessels..........42.50-15 Coastwise voyages...............................................46.05-15 Commandant......................................................42.05-20 Computation for freeboard.......................................42.25-20 Conditions of assignment.....................Subpart D; 44.05-20; 47.610 Conditions of assignment for self-propelled barges...........44.05-20(c) Conditions of assignment for steam colliers..................44.05-20(a) Conditions of assignment for towed barges....................44.05-20(b) Conditions of assignment of Freeboard..............................42.15 Conditions of equilibrium:......................................42.20-12 Downflooding.................................................42.20-12(a) Construction....................................................46.10-65 Construction of vessel:.........................................42.25-10 Bulwarks.....................................................42.25-10(c) Double bottom tanks..........................................42.25-10(b) Superstructure...............................................42.25-10(a) Control...............................................42.07-60; 46.10-60 Control, Enforcement, and Rights of Appeal.........................42.07 Correction: For block coefficient...........................................42.20-25 For bow height.....................................................45.69 For depth.......................................................42.20-30 For position of deck line.......................................42.20-35 For sheer..........................................................45.63 For superstructure and trunks......................................45.61 Position of deckline...............................................45.57 Short superstructure...............................................45.58 To the freeboard for vessels under 328 feet in length...........42.20-20 Correction of deficiencies......................................42.09-45 Crew passageways..................................................45.125 D Deck line................................................42.13-20; 45.31 Deduction for superstructures and trunks........................42.20-60 Definitions:.....42.05; 42.13-15; 42.25-5; 44.05-5, 44.310; 45.3; 46.05; 47.110 Amidships...........................................42.13-15(c); 45.3(c) Block coefficient............................................42.13-15(g) Breadth.............................................42.13-15(d); 45.3(d) Depth for freeboard (D).............................42.13-15(f); 45.3(f) Enclosed superstructure..........................................45.3(j) Exposed positions................................................45.3(p) Flush deck ship..................................................45.3(m) Flush deck vessel............................................42.13-15(k) Freeboard...........................................42.13-15(h); 45.3(g) Freeboard deck......................................42.13-15(i); 45.3(h) Great Lakes....................................................47.110(b) Height...........................................................45.3(k) Hopper dredge.....................................................44.310 Intact bulkhead..................................................45.3(q) International service..........................................47.110(a) Length.......................................................42.13-15(a) Length (L).......................................................45.3(a) Length of a superstructure (S)...................................45.3(l) [[Page 103]] Molded depth.................................................42.13-15(e) Moulded Depth....................................................45.3(e) Perpendiculars......................................42.13-15(b); 45.3(b) Self-propelled barge..........................................44.05-5(c) Steam collier.................................................44.05-5(a) Steel............................................................45.3(r) Superstructure...................................................45.3(I) Timber deck cargo.............................................42.25-5(a) Timber load line..............................................42.25-5(b) Towed barge...................................................44.05-5(b) Watertight.......................................................45.3(o) Weathertight.....................................................45.3(n) Working freeboard.................................................44.310 Definitions for superstructure corrections.........................45.59 Description of service............................................47.600 Details of marking..............................................42.13-40 Diamond............................................................45.33 Domestic voyages by sea..........................................Part 42 Doors...........................................................42.15-10 Drills and inspections..........................................46.10-50 E Effective length of superstructure..............................42.20-50 Equivalents.....................................................42.03-20 Equivalents.....................................................46.10-25 Establishment of load lines for special service..................44.01-1 Excess sheer limitations...........................................45.65 Exemptions for vessels..........................................42.03-30 Existing passenger vessel.......................................46.05-30 Existing vessel.......................................42.05-30; 44.05-15 Experimental installations......................................42.03-25 Extent of damage................................................42.20-11 F Flooding standard: Type ``A'' vessels...............................................42.20-6 Type ``B'' vessel, 60 percent reduction..........................42.20-7 Type ``B'' vessel, 100 percent reduction.........................42.20-8 Foreign vessels subject to this subchapter......................42.03-10 Canadian vessels.............................................42.03-10(b) General......................................................42.03-10(a) Vessels of countries not signatory to or adhering to the 1966 Convention...................................................42.03-10(d) Vessels of countries signatory to or adhering to the 1966 Convention...................................................42.03-10(c) Foreign voyage..................................................46.05-10 Foreign voyages by sea...........................................Part 42 Form of certificate...............................................47.640 Form of load line certificate...................................44.05-35 Free surface....................................................42.20-10 Freeboards.........................................................42.20 Final angle of heel..........................................42.20-12(c) Intermediate stages of flooding..............................42.20-12(f) Metacentric height...........................................42.20-12(d) Progressive flooding.........................................42.20-12(b) Residual stability...........................................42.20-12(e) Freeboard assignment: [[Page 104]] Type ``A'' vessels...............................................42.20-3 Type ``B'' vessels...............................................42.20-5 Freeboard coefficient..............................................45.55 Freeboard tables................................................42.20-15 Freeboards.....................................................Subpart C Freeboards:.....................................................44.05-25 General......................................................44.05-25(a) Self-propelled cargo barges..................................44.05-25(g) Self-propelled tank barges...................................44.05-25(h) Steam colliers...............................................44.05-25(b) Towed cargo barges of the open type..........................44.05-25(e) Towed cargo barges with cargo only on deck...................44.05-25(d) Towed cargo barges with cargo under deck.....................44.05-25(c) Towed tank barges............................................44.05-25(f) Freeboards assigned vessels.....................................42.13-10 Freeing port area: Changes for bulwark height........................................45.123 Changes for trunks and side coamings..............................45.121 Changes from standard sheer.......................................45.119 General...........................................................45.117 Freeing ports...................................................42.15-70 G General......................................Subpart A; 42.11-1; 42.50-1 General Rules for Determining Load Lines...........................42.13 Superstructure...............................................42.13-15(j) Weathertight.................................................42.13-15(l) Great Lakes.....................................................42.05-40 Great Lakes voyage..............................................46.05-20 H Hatchway: Coamings..........................................................45.147 Covers............................................................45.145 Hatchways closed by: Portable covers and secured weathertight by tarpaulins and battening devices...............................................42.15-25 Weathertight covers of steel or other equivalent material fitted with gaskets and clamping devices...............................42.15-30 Heavy weather plan..............................................44.01-13 Hull fittings; General............................................45.129 Hull openings: Above freeboard deck..............................................45.143 At or below freeboard deck........................................45.135 I Information supplied to the master................................45.105 Information to be supplied to the master.........................42.15-1 Initial conditions of loading....................................42.20-9 Initial or periodic survey requirements for all vessels.........42.09-25 Inlets and discharge piping; Valves...............................45.155 Intermediate freeboard.............................................45.75 International and Great Lakes Service; Stability Limited Deck Cargo Barges...................................................Subpart F International voyage............................................42.05-45 [[Page 105]] L Length of superstructure........................................42.20-45 Lines to be used with the load line mark........................42.13-30 Load line: Certificates....................................................42.07-45 Required.........................................................42.07-1 Load Line Assignments and Surveys - General Requirements...........42.09 Load line certificate...........................................44.05-30 Load Line Certificates - Model Forms...............................42.50 Load line certificates for nonadherent foreign flag vessels.....42.50-10 Load line mark...............................Subpart B; 42.13-25; 47.620 Load line markings..............................................44.05-10 Load line requirements for subdivision...........................46.10-5 Logbook entries.......................................42.07-20; 46.10-55 M Machinery space openings................................42.15-35; 45.149 Manholes and flush scuttles.......................................45.141 Marine inspector or inspector...................................42.05-47 Mark of assigning authority.....................................42.13-35 Marking............................................................45.39 Marks placed on vessel to indicate load lines....................42.07-5 Marks to indicate subdivision load lines........................46.10-10 Midsummer freeboard................................................45.71 Minimum bow height..............................................42.20-70 Minimum freeboards..............................................42.20-75 Fresh water freeboard........................................42.20-75(e) Summer freeboard.............................................42.20-75(a) Tropical freeboard...........................................42.20-75(b) Winter freeboard.............................................42.20-75(c) Winter North Atlantic freeboard..............................42.20-75(d) Miscellaneous openings in freeboard and superstructure decks....42.15-40 N New and existing vessels; special service.......................44.01-20 New passenger vessel............................................46.05-25 New vessel......................................................42.05-50 Nonsubmergence subdivision load line (Great Lakes)..............46.10-40 Nonsubmergence subdivision load lines in salt water.............46.10-45 O Obtaining working freeboards for hopper dredges...................44.330 Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection............................42.05-55 OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act..............................................................42.01-5 Operating restrictions:...........................................44.340 Area of operation...........................................44.340(a)(3) Seas........................................................44.340(a)(1) Specific gravity of the dredge spoil........................44.340(a)(4) Winds.......................................................44.340(a)(2) Other openings....................................................45.151 P Passenger vessel.................................................46.05-1 Plans and inspections of new and converted vessels..............46.10-70 [[Page 106]] Penalties for violation.........................................46.01-20 Penalties for violations........................................42.07-50 Positions of hatchways, doorways and ventilators................42.15-15 Position of structures, openings, and fittings....................45.127 Protection of the crew..........................................42.15-75 Purpose...................................45.171; 46.01; 46.01-1; 47.100 Purpose of regulations..........................................42.01-10 R Recognized classification society...............................42.05-60 Recognized classification society as an assigning authority.....42.07-40 Relaxation from regulations......................................46.10-1 Repairs or alterations to vessel after it has been surveyed.....42.09-50 Restrictions......................................................47.630 Right of appeal.................................................42.07-75 Rules for Assigning Special Service Load Lines.................Subpart B Rules for Assigning Working Freeboards to Hopper Dredges.......Subpart C S Salt water freeboard...............................................45.77 Salt water load lines..............................................45.37 Scuppers and gravity drains.......................................45.157 Scuppers, inlets, and discharges................................42.15-60 Seasonal load lines................................................45.35 Sheer measurement..................................................45.67 Ship(s) and vessel(s)...........................................42.05-63 Side scuttles...........................................42.15-65; 45.139 Special conditions of assignment for Type ``A'' vessels........42.15-80; 45.159 Special load lines marks for vessels carrying timber deck cargo 42.03-17 Special operation requirements....................................45.177 Special requirements for vessels assigned timber freeboards........42.25 Special service certificate.....................................44.01-15 Stability, subdivision, and strength............................42.09-10 Standard height of superstructure...............................42.20-40 Stowage:........................................................42.25-15 General......................................................42.25-15(a) Lashings.....................................................42.25-15(c) Protection of crew, access to machinery spaces, etc..........42.25-15(e) Stability....................................................42.25-15(d) Upright......................................................42.25-15(b) Strength of: Bulkheads at ends of superstructure...............................45.111 Hull..............................................................45.107 Superstructure and deckhouses.....................................45.109 Strength of vessel...............................................42.13-5 Structural stress and stability...................................45.103 Subdivision load line certificates..............................46.10-30 Submergence of load line marks..................................42.07-10 Submission of plans and calculations:.............................44.320 American Bureau of Shipping....................................44.320(b) USCG...........................................................44.320(a) Summer freeboard...................................................45.53 Superstructure end bulkheads.....................................42.15-5 Surveyor........................................................42.05-65 Survey for the establishment and renewal of subdivision load line marks...........................................................46.10-15 Surveys: [[Page 107]] By the American Bureau of Shipping or assigning authority.......42.09-15 Of foreign vessels..............................................42.09-20 T The Great Lakes of North America................................42.03-15 Through-hull piping, general......................................45.153 Trunks..........................................................42.20-55 Types of ships.....................................................45.51 U Unmanned River Service Dry Cargo Barges........................Subpart E U.S. flag vessels and Canadian vessels navigating on sheltered waters of Puget Sound and contiguous west coast waters of the United States and Canada........................................42.03-35 U.S. flag vessels subject to the requirements of this subchapter: 42.03-5 Barges....................................................42.03-5(b)(iv) Existing vessels.........................................42.03-5(a)(iii) Fishing vessels............................................42.03-5(a)(v) Hopper dredges................................................42.03-5(e) Merchant vessels of less than 150 gross tons...............42.03-5(b)(i) New vessels of less than 79 feet in length................42.03-5(a)(ii) Pleasure yachts not engaged in trade.....42.03-5(a)(iv), 42.03-5(b)(iii) Ships of war...............................42.03-5(a)(i), 42.03-5(b)(vi) Special service coastwise voyage..............................42.03-5(d) Vessels engaged in domestic voyages by sea....................42.03-5(b) Vessels engaged in foreign voyages or international voyages other than solely Great Lakes voyages...............................42.03-5(a) Vessels engaged solely on Great Lakes voyages.................42.03-5(c) Vessels which are mechanically propelled and numbered by a State or USCG under the Federal Boating Safety Act of 1971 and not required by other laws to be inspected or certified by the USCG. 42.03-5(b)(ii) U.S. public vessels other than those vessels of 150 gross tons or over and engaged in commercial activities................42.03-5(b)(vii) V Validity of subdivision load line certificates..................46.10-35 Ventilators.............................................42.15-45; 45.131 Verification of marks...........................................42.13-45 Vessels subject to this subpart...................................45.173 Vessels without means of propulsion.............................42.20-13 Voyage limits; special service..................................44.01-12 W Winter freeboard...................................................45.73 Winter North Atlantic Load Line.................................42.30-35 Z Zones, Areas, and Seasonal Periods.................................42.30 Basis: Basis............................................................42.30-1 Summer.....................................................42.30-1(a)(1) Tropical...................................................42.30-1(a)(2) Enclosed areas: Baltic Sea...................................................42.30-30(a) Black Sea....................................................42.30-30(b) [[Page 108]] Enclosed areas..................................................42.30-30 Mediterranean................................................42.30-30(c) Sea of Japan.................................................42.30-30(d) Northern Winter Seasonal Zones and area: North Atlantic Seasonal Area..................................42.30-5(b) North Atantic Winter Seasonal Zone I and II...................42.30-5(a) North Atlantic Winter Seasonal Zone II.....................42.30-5(a)(2) Northern Winter Seasonal Zones and area..........................42.30-5 North Pacific Winter Seasonal Zone............................42.30-5(c) Seasonal Tropical Areas: Arabian Sea..................................................42.30-20(b) Bay of Bengal................................................42.30-20(c) China Sea....................................................42.30-20(e) North Atlantic...............................................42.30-20(a) North Pacific................................................42.30-20(f) Seasonal Tropical Areas.........................................42.30-20 South Indian Ocean...........................................42.30-20(d) South Pacific................................................42.30-20(g) Southern Winter Seasonal Zone: Southern Winter Seasonal Zone...................................42.30-10 Summer Zones: Summer Zones....................................................42.30-25 Tropical Zone: Areas to be included in the Tropical Zone....................42.30-15(c) Northern boundary of the Tropical Zone.......................42.30-15(a) Southern boundary of the Tropical Zone.......................42.30-15(b) Tropical Zone...................................................42.30-15 [[Page 109]]