[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: 33CFR401.16]



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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.  401.16  Propeller direction alarms.



    Every vessel of 1600 gross registered tons or integrated tug and 

barge or articulated tug and barge unit of combined 1600 gross 

registered tons or more shall be equipped with--

    (a) Propeller direction and shaft r.p.m. indicators located in the 

wheelhouse and the engine room; and

    (b) Visible and audible wrong-way propeller direction alarms, with a 

time delay of not greater than 8 seconds, located in the wheelhouse and 

the engineer room, unless the vessel is fitted with a device which 

renders it impossible to operate engines against orders from the bridge 

telegraph.



(68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990, as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 

12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471)



[41 FR 12227, Mar. 24, 1976, as amended at 45 FR 52378, Aug. 7, 1980; 70 

FR 12971, Mar. 17, 2005; 71 FR 5606, Feb. 2, 2006]