46 USC § 5111 - Providing loading information

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s5111"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 5111 - Providing loading information"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "5111"
section_name: "Providing loading information"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "LOAD LINES"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Load Lines of Vessels"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–509, title V, § 5101(2), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1917.)"
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# § 5111. Providing loading information

The Secretary may prescribe regulations requiring the owner, charterer, managing operator, and agent of a vessel to provide loading information (including information on loading distribution, stability, and margin of strength) to the master or individual in charge of the vessel in a language the master or individual understands.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–509, title V, § 5101(2), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1917.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Section 5111 authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations requiring that the master of a vessel be provided with loading and stability information for the vessel that the master understands.