46 CFR § 44.01-10 - Approval by Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, of special service.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s44.01-10"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 44.01-10 - Approval by Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, of special service."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "44.01-10"
section_name: "Approval by Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, of special service."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "LOAD LINES"
part_number: "44"
part_name: "SPECIAL SERVICE LIMITED DOMESTIC VOYAGES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 5101-5116; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
regulatory_source: "CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16755, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "44"
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# 44.01-10 Approval by Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, of special service.
(a) Subject to the conditions contained in this part, the Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, has determined that load lines at variance from the position fixed by the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, but not above the actual line of safety, may be assigned steam colliers, barges, or self-propelled barges (separately by class) for certain specifically limited coastwise voyages between ports of the continental United States or between islands of a group over which the United States has jurisdiction.
[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16755, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10076, July 12, 1968]