46 CFR 153.234
§ 153.234 Fore and aft location.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 153.234, § 153.234 Fore and aft location, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/228641
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Full text
Except as allowed in § 153.7, each ship must meet the following:
(a) Each cargo containment system and any compartments within which a containment system is located must be forward of a tankship's accommodation spaces.
(b) Except as described in § 153.235, each cargo containment system must be located at least 0.05L aft of the forward perpendicular, but in no case forward of a collision bulkhead.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.