46 CFR 130.440

§ 130.440 Communications system.

United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective

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Citation: 46 CFR 130.440, § 130.440 Communications system, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/227882
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(a) Each OSV must have a communications system to immediately summon a crew member to the machinery space wherever one of the alarms required by § 130.460 of this subpart is activated. (b) The communications system must be either— (1) An alarm that— (i) Is dedicated for this purpose; (ii) Sounds in the crew accommodations and the normally manned spaces; and (iii) Is operable from the pilothouse; or (2) A telephone operated from the pilothouse that reaches the master's stateroom, engineer's stateroom, engine room, and crew accommodations that either— (i) Is a sound-powered telephone; or (ii) Gets its power from the emergency switchboard or from an independent battery continuously charged by its own charger.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.