46 CFR § 184.300 - Ground tackle and mooring lines.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s184.300"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 184.300 - Ground tackle and mooring lines."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "184.300"
section_name: "Ground tackle and mooring lines."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "T"
subchapter_name: "SMALL PASSENGER VESSELS (UNDER 100 GROSS TONS)"
part_number: "184"
part_name: "VESSEL CONTROL AND MISCELLANEOUS SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2."
regulatory_source: "CGD 85-080, 61 FR 1002, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "184"
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# 184.300 Ground tackle and mooring lines.

A vessel must be fitted with ground tackle and mooring lines necessary for the vessel to be safely anchored or moored. The ground tackle and mooring lines provided must be satisfactory for the size of the vessel, the waters on which the vessel operates, subject to the approval of the cognizant OCMI.