46 CFR § 45.35 - Seasonal load lines.

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title: "46 CFR § 45.35 - Seasonal load lines."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "45.35"
section_name: "Seasonal load lines."
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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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 5104, 5108; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
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# 45.35 Seasonal load lines.

Each vessel must have the summer (S), midsummer (MS), intermediate (I), and winter (W) loadlines for fresh water freeboards calculated under §§ 45.71 through 45.75 marked in accordance with § 45.39.