[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 46, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 46CFR97.15-5]



[Page 69]

 

                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 97_OPERATIONS--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart 97.15_Tests, Drills, and Inspections

 

Sec.  97.15-5  Drafts and load line markings.



    (a) The master of every vessel on an ocean, coastwise, or Great 

Lakes voyage shall enter the drafts of the vessel, forward and aft, in 

the official logbook when leaving port.

    (b) On vessels subject to the requirements of subchapter E (Load 

Lines) of this chapter at the time of departure from port on an ocean, 

coastwise, or Great Lakes voyage, the master shall insert in the 

official logbook a statement of the position of the load line mark, port 

and starboard, in relation to the surface of the water in which the 

vessel is then floating.

    (1) When an allowance for draft is made for density of the water in 

which the vessel is floating, this density is to be noted in the 

official logbook.