[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR401.11]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

CHAPTER IV--SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 401_SEAWAY REGULATIONS AND RULES--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart A_Regulations

 

Sec.  401.11  Fairleads.



    Mooring lines, and synthetic hawsers where permitted, shall:

    (a) Be led at the vessel's side through a type of fairlead 

acceptable to the Corporation and the Authority;

    (b) Pass through not more than three inboard rollers that are fixed 

in place and equipped with horns to ensure that leins will not slip off 

when slackened and provided with free-running sheaves or rollers; and

    (c) Where the fairleads are mounted flush with the hull, be 

permanently fendered to prevent the lines from being pinched between the 

vessel and a wall.



[39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, as amended at 70 FR 12971, Mar. 17, 2005]