Title 46, Part 45 — Great Lakes Load Lines
70 sections
Section 45.1
Purpose.
Section 45.3
Definitions.
Section 45.5
Seasonal application of load lines.
Section 45.9
Seasonal application of load lines for vessels not marked under this part.
Section 45.11
Issue of load line certificate.
Section 45.13
Form of certificate.
Section 45.15
Exemptions.
Section 45.31
Deck line.
Section 45.33
Diamond.
Section 45.35
Seasonal load lines.
Section 45.37
Salt water load lines.
Section 45.39
Marking.
Section 45.51
Types of ships.
Section 45.53
Summer freeboard.
Section 45.55
Freeboard coefficient.
Section 45.57
Correction: Position of deckline.
Section 45.58
Correction: Short superstructure.
Section 45.59
Definitions for superstructure corrections.
Section 45.61
Correction for superstructures and trunks.
Section 45.63
Correction for sheer.
Section 45.65
Excess sheer limitations.
Section 45.67
Sheer measurement.
Section 45.69
Correction for bow height.
Section 45.71
Midsummer freeboard.
Section 45.73
Winter freeboard.
Section 45.75
Intermediate freeboard.
Section 45.77
Salt water freeboard.
Section 45.101
Purpose.
Section 45.103
Structural stress and stability.
Section 45.105
Information supplied to the master.
Section 45.107
Strength of hull.
Section 45.109
Strength of superstructures and deckhouses.
Section 45.111
Strength of bulkheads at ends of superstructures.
Section 45.113
Access openings in bulkheads at ends of enclosed superstructures.
Section 45.115
Bulwarks and guardrails.
Section 45.117
Freeing port area: General.
Section 45.119
Freeing port area: Changes from standard sheer.
Section 45.121
Freeing port area: Changes for trunks and side coamings.
Section 45.123
Freeing port area: Changes for bulwark height.
Section 45.125
Crew passageways.
Section 45.127
Position of structures, openings, and fittings.
Section 45.129
Hull fittings: General.
Section 45.131
Ventilators.
Section 45.133
Air pipes.
Section 45.135
Hull openings at or below freeboard deck.
Section 45.137
Cargo ports.
Section 45.139
Side scuttles.
Section 45.141
Manholes and flush scuttles.
Section 45.143
Hull openings above freeboard deck.
Section 45.145
Hatchway covers.
Section 45.147
Hatchway coamings.
Section 45.149
Machinery space openings.
Section 45.151
Other openings.
Section 45.153
Through-hull piping: General.
Section 45.155
Inlets and discharge piping: Valves.
Section 45.157
Scuppers and gravity drains.
Section 45.159
Special conditions of assignment for type A vessels.
Section 45.171
Purpose.
Section 45.173
Eligible barges.
Section 45.175
Applicable routes.
Section 45.177
Freeboard requirements.
Section 45.179
Cargo limitations.
Section 45.181
Load line exemption requirements for the Burns Harbor and Milwaukee routes.
Section 45.183
Load line requirements for the St. Joseph and Muskegon routes.
Section 45.185
Tow limitations.
Section 45.187
Weather limitations.
Section 45.191
Pre-departure requirements.
Section 45.193
Towboat power requirements.
Section 45.195
Additional equipment requirements for the Muskegon route.
Section 45.197
Operational plan requirements for the Muskegon route.