46 CFR 38.15-1
§ 38.15-1 Filling of tanks—TB/ALL.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- 46 CFR 38.15-1, § 38.15-1 Filling of tanks—TB/ALL, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/224537
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:224537@1- SHA-256
3705d7add4132f494c6d58978cae3615d5ca477cc1c1824269a1d59f5725a760
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
(a) Refrigerated and semirefrigerated tanks shall be filled so that there is an outage of at least 2 percent of the volume of the tank at the temperature corresponding to the vapor pressure of the cargo at the safety relief valve setting. A reduction in the required outage may be permitted by the Commandant when warranted by special design considerations. Normally then, the maximum volume to which a tank may be loaded is:
where:
(b) Nonrefrigerated tanks shall be filled so that their filling densities shall not exceed the ratios indicated in table 38.15-1(b).
(c) The “filling density” is defined as the percent ratio of the weight of the gas in a tank to the weight of water the tank will hold at 60 °F.
Table 38.15-1(b)—Maximum Permissible Filling Densities for Tanks Operating At or Near Ambient Temperature
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.