46 CFR § 30.10-38 - Lightweight—TB/ALL.

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title: "46 CFR § 30.10-38 - Lightweight—TB/ALL."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "30.10-38"
section_name: "Lightweight—TB/ALL."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "TANK VESSELS"
part_number: "30"
part_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
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# 30.10-38 Lightweight—TB/ALL.

The term *lightweight* means the displacement of a vessel in metric tons without cargo, oil fuel, lubricating oil, ballast water, fresh water, feedwater in tanks, consumable stores, and persons and their effects.

[CGD 74-127, 41 FR 3843, Jan. 26, 1976]