46 CFR 42.13-25
§ 42.13-25 Load line mark.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 42.13-25, § 42.13-25 Load line mark, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/224658
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(a) The load line mark shall consist of a ring 12 inches in outside diameter and 1 inch wide which is intersected by a horizontal line 18 inches in length and 1 inch in breadth, the upper edge of which passes through the center of the ring. The center of the ring shall be placed amidships and at a distance equal to the assigned summer freeboard measured vertically below the upper edge of the deck line (as illustrated in Figure 42.13-25(a)).
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.