46 CFR § 58.25-45 - Buffers.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s58.25-45"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 58.25-45 - Buffers."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "58.25-45"
section_name: "Buffers."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "MARINE ENGINEERING"
part_number: "58"
part_name: "MAIN AND AUXILIARY MACHINERY AND RELATED SYSTEMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18878, Dec. 18, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "58"
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# 58.25-45 Buffers.

For each vessel on an ocean, coastwise, or Great Lakes voyage, steering gear other than hydraulic must be designed with suitable buffering arrangements to relieve the gear from shocks to the rudder.