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Code of Federal Regulations Title 46. Shipping § 46.44.330 Obtaining working freeboards for hopper dredges

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A hopper dredge may be issued a working freeboard on a limited service domestic voyage load line certificate or a Great Lakes load line certificate if the following are met:

(a) The hopper dredge structure must have adequate strength for any draft up to the working freeboard draft. Dredges built and maintained in conformity with the requirements of a classification society recognized by the Commandant usually meet this requirement.

(b) The hopper dredge must—

(1) Meet subpart I of part 174 of this chapter;  and

(2) Have on its bridge remote draft indicators that:

(i) Show the fore, aft, and mean draft of the dredge at all times while the dredge is operating;  and

(ii) Have each indicator marked with the assigned freeboard and the working freeboard.

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