[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 33, Volume 3] [Revised as of July 1, 2007] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 33CFR401.12] [Page 665-666] 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. 401.12 Minimum requirements--mooring lines and fairleads. (a) Unless otherwise permitted by the officer the minimum requirements in respect of mooring lines, which shall be available for securing on either side of the vessel, winches, and the location of fairleads on vessels are as follows: (1) Vessels of 80 m or less in overall length shall have at least three synthetic hawsers, two of which shall be independently power operated and one of which shall be hand held: (i) One synthetic hawser shall lead forward from the break of the bow and one synthetic hawser shall lead astern from the quarter and be independently power operated by winches, capstans or windlasses and lead through closed chocks or fairleads acceptable to the Manager and the Corporation; and (ii) One synthetic hawser shall be hand held and lead astern from the break of the bow through closed chocks to suitable mooring bitts on deck. (2) Vessels of more than 80 m but not more than 100 m in overall length shall have four synthetic hawsers, of which three shall be independently power operated by winches, capstans or windlasses and one being hand held. All lines shall be led through closed chocks or fairleads acceptable to the Manager and the Corporation, of which three mooring lines: (i) One shall lead forward and one shall lead astern from the break of the bow and one lead astern from the quarter and all three lines shall be independently power operated; and (ii) One shall lead forward from the quarter and be hand held; (3) Vessels of more than 100 m but not more than 120 m in overall length shall have four mooring lines or synthetic hawsers independently power operated by winches, capstan or windlasses as follows: (i) One mooring line shall lead forward and one mooring line shall lead astern from the break of the bow and shall be independently power operated by the main drums of adequate power operated winches, and (ii) One synthetic hawser shall lead forward and one synthetic hawser shall lead astern from the quarter and shall be independently power operated by either winches, capstan or windlasses; (4) Vessels of more than 120 m in overall length shall have four mooring lines, two of which shall lead from the break of the bow and two of which shall lead from the quarter, and; (i) All shall be independently power operated by the main drums of adequate power operated winches and not by capstans or windlasses; and (ii) All shall be led through a type of fairlead acceptable to the Corporation and the Manager. (5) Every vessel shall have a minimum of two spare mooring wires available and ready for immediate use. (b) The following table sets out the requirements for the location of fairleads for ships of 80 m or more in overall length: Table ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For mooring lines For mooring lines Overall length of ships Nos. 1 and 2 Nos. 3 and 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 80 m or more but not more than Between 12 m & 30 Between 15 m & 35 120 m. m from the stem. from the stern. More than 120 m but not more Between 12 m & 35 Between 15 m & 40 than 150 m. m from the stem. from the stern. More than 150 m but not more Between 15 m & 40 Between 20 m & 45 than 180 m. m from the stem. from the stern. [[Page 666]] More than 180 m but not more Between 20 m & 50 Between 20 m & 50 than 222.5 m. m from the stem. from the stern. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (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 47 FR 51121, Nov. 12, 1982; 48 FR 20691, May 9, 1983; 55 FR 48598, Nov. 21, 1990; 65 FR 52915, Aug. 31, 2000; 70 FR 12971, Mar. 17, 2005; 72 FR 2620, Jan. 22, 2007]