[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: 33CFR401.3]



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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.  401.3  Maximum vessel dimensions.



    (a) Subject to paragraph (e) of this section, no vessel of more than 

222.5 m in overall length or 23.8 m in extreme breadth shall transit.

    (b) No vessel shall transit if any part of the vessel or anything on 

the vessel extends more than 35.5 m above water level.

    (c) No vessel shall transit if any part of its bridges or anything 

on the vessel protrudes beyond the hull.

    (d) No vessel's hull or superstructure when alongside a lock wall 

shall extend beyond the limits of the lock wall, as illustrated in 

Appendix I of this Part.

    (e) A vessel having a beam width in excess of 23.2 m, but not more 

than 23.8 m, and having dimensions that do not exceed the limits set out 

in the block diagram in Appendix I of this Part or overall length in 

excess of 222.5 m, but not more than 225.5 m, shall, on application to 

the Manager or Corporation, be considered for transit in accordance with 

directions issued by the Manager and Corporation.

    (f) Vessels with beams greater than 23.20 m may be subject to 

transit restrictions and/or delays during periods of ice cover.



(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)



[39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, as amended at 45 FR 52377, Aug. 7, 1980; 47 

FR 51121, Nov. 12, 1982; 48 FR 20690, May 9, 1983; 61 FR 19550, May 2, 

1996; 65 FR 52913, Aug. 31, 2000; 70 FR 12970, Mar. 17, 2005]