[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: 46CFR131.510]



[Page 454]

 

                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

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

 

PART 131_OPERATIONS--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart E_Tests, Drills, and Inspections

 

Sec.  131.510  Draft and loadline markings.



    (a) The master of each vessel on an ocean or coastwise voyage shall 

enter in the vessel's logbook the drafts of the vessel, forward and aft, 

when leaving port.

    (b) The master of each vessel subject to the requirements of 

subchapter E of this chapter shall, upon departure from port on an ocean 

or coastwise voyage, enter in the vessel's logbook a statement of the 

position of the loadline markings, port and starboard, relative to the 

surface of the water in which the vessel is then floating.

    (c) If the master, when recording drafts, compensates for the 

density of the water in which the vessel is floating, he or she shall 

note this density in the vessel's logbook.