46 CFR § 42.13-25 - Load line mark.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s42.13-25"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 42.13-25 - Load line mark."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "42.13-25"
section_name: "Load line mark."
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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# 42.13-25 Load line mark.
(a) The load line mark shall consist of a ring 12 inches in outside diameter and 1 inch wide which is intersected by a horizontal line 18 inches in length and 1 inch in breadth, the upper edge of which passes through the center of the ring. The center of the ring shall be placed amidships and at a distance equal to the assigned summer freeboard measured vertically below the upper edge of the deck line (as illustrated in Figure 42.13-25(a)).
[CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10059, July 12, 1968]