46 CFR § 154.1844 - Cargo tanks: Filling limits.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s154.1844"
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title: "46 CFR § 154.1844 - Cargo tanks: Filling limits."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "154.1844"
section_name: "Cargo tanks: Filling limits."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "O"
subchapter_name: "CERTAIN BULK DANGEROUS CARGOES"
part_number: "154"
part_name: "SAFETY STANDARDS FOR SELF-PROPELLED VESSELS CARRYING BULK LIQUEFIED GASES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 3703, 9101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
regulatory_source: "CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "154"
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# 154.1844 Cargo tanks: Filling limits.

(a) Unless a higher limit is specified on the certificate the master shall ensure that a cargo tank is not loaded:

(1) More than 98 percent liquid full; or

(2) In excess of the volume determined under the following formula:

where:

V<sub>L</sub> = maximum volume to which the tank may be loaded;

V = volume of the tank;

d<sub>r</sub> = density at the reference temperature specified in paragraph (b) of this section; and

d<sub>L</sub> = density of the cargo at the loading temperature and pressure.

(b) The reference temperature to be used in paragraph (a)(2) of this section is the temperature corresponding to the vapor pressure of the cargo at the set pressure of the pressure relief valves.