46 CFR § 42.03-17 - Special load line marks for vessels carrying timber deck cargo.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s42.03-17"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 42.03-17 - Special load line marks for vessels carrying timber deck cargo."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "42.03-17"
section_name: "Special load line marks for vessels carrying timber deck cargo."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "LOAD LINES"
part_number: "42"
part_name: "DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN VOYAGES BY SEA"
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. 5101-5116; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; section 42.01-5 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507."
cfr_part: "42"
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# 42.03-17 Special load line marks for vessels carrying timber deck cargo.
(a) Certain vessels having load line marks not related to carriage of timber deck cargo may be assigned timber load lines if they are in compliance with the applicable requirements governing timber deck cargoes in this subchapter. The timber load lines apply and may be used only when the vessel is carrying timber deck cargo.
(b) A new or existing vessel having timber load lines assigned to it, when carrying timber deck cargo, may be loaded to the vessel's timber load line applicable to the voyage and season.
[CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10050, July 12, 1968, as amended by CGD 80-120, 47 FR 5722, Feb. 8, 1982]