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Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Oct 15, 2024
§ 45.119 - Freeing port area: Changes from standard sheer.

The freeing port area required by § 45.117(b) must be multiplied by the factor in the following table 5 if the sheer differs from the standard sheer defined in § 45.63. table 4.

Table 5

Freeing port area: Sheer correction.

Ratio of sums of actual sheer ord./std. sheer ord. Greater than: Multiplier for area required by § 45.117(b)
1.01.0
1.01.00
0.91.05
0.81.10
0.71.15
0.61.20
0.51.25
0.41.30
0.31.35
0.21.40
0.11.45
No sheer1.50
authority: 46 U.S.C. 5104,5108; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1
source: CGD 73-49R, 38 FR 12290, May 10, 1973, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 45.119