46 CFR 154.503
§ 154.503 Piping and piping system components: Protection from movement.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 154.503, § 154.503 Piping and piping system components: Protection from movement, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/228914
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Full text
Where thermal movement and movements of the cargo tank and the hull structure may cause stresses that exceed the design stresses, the piping and piping system components and cargo tanks must be protected from movement by:
(a) Offsets;
(b) Loops;
(c) Bends;
(d) Mechanical expansion joints including:
(1) Bellows;
(2) Slip joints;
(3) Ball joints; or
(e) Other means specially approved by the Commandant (CG-ENG).
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.