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Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Oct 15, 2024
All TitlesTitle 46Chapter IPart 42Subpart 42.13 - Subpart 42.13—General Rules for Determining Load Lines
View all text of Subpart 42.13 [§ 42.13-1 - § 42.13-45]
§ 42.13-25 - Load line mark.

(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)).

Figure 42.13-25(a)—Load line mark and lines to be used with this mark [CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10059, July 12, 1968]
authority: 46 U.S.C. 5101-5116; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1; section 42.01-5 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.
cite as: 46 CFR 42.13-25
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