33 CFR § 127.611 - International shore connection.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s127.611"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 127.611 - International shore connection."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "127.611"
section_name: "International shore connection."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "WATERFRONT FACILITIES"
part_number: "127"
part_name: "WATERFRONT FACILITIES HANDLING LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS AND LIQUEFIED HAZARDOUS GAS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 1504(j)(2); 46 U.S.C. 70011 and 70034; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92)(a)."
regulatory_source: "CGD 78-038, 53 FR 3376, Feb. 7, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "127"
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# 127.611 International shore connection.
The marine transfer area for LNG must have an international shore connection that is in accordance with ASTM F1121-87 (Reapproved 2019) (incorporated by reference, see § 127.003), a 2
1/2 inch fire hydrant, and 2
1/2 inch fire hose of sufficient length to connect the fire hydrant to the international shore connection on the vessel.
[CGD 88-032, 56 FR 35819, July 29, 1991, as amended by CGD 88-049, 60 FR 39796, Aug. 3, 1995; USCG-2000-7223, 65 FR 40057, June 29, 2000; USCG-2019-0444, 87 FR 5691, Feb. 2, 2022]