46 CFR § 45.125 - Crew passageways.

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title: "46 CFR § 45.125 - Crew passageways."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "45.125"
section_name: "Crew passageways."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "LOAD LINES"
part_number: "45"
part_name: "GREAT LAKES LOAD LINES"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 5104, 5108; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
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# 45.125 Crew passageways.

The vessel must have means for protection of the crew from boarding seas such as life lines, gangways, and underdeck passages to facilitate passing between their quarters and machinery spaces and other spaces essential to the operation of the ship.