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Code of Federal Regulations Title 46. Shipping § 46.130.440 Communications system

Current as of October 02, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) Each OSV must have a communications system to immediately summon a crew member to the machinery space wherever one of the alarms required by § 130.460 of this subpart is activated.

(b) The communications system must be either—

(1) An alarm that—

(i) Is dedicated for this purpose;

(ii) Sounds in the crew accommodations and the normally manned spaces;  and

(iii) Is operable from the pilothouse;  or

(2) A telephone operated from the pilothouse that reaches the master's stateroom, engineer's stateroom, engine room, and crew accommodations that either—

(i) Is a sound-powered telephone;  or

(ii) Gets its power from the emergency switchboard or from an independent battery continuously charged by its own charger.

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