Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 17, 2024

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Oct 15, 2024
§ 58.30-50 - Requirements for miscellaneous fluid power and control systems.

(a) All fluid power and control systems installed on a vessel, except those listed in § 58.30-1(a), must meet the following requirements:

(1) Diagrams of the system providing the information required by § 58.30-40(a)(1) through (4) must be submitted. These are not approved but are needed for records and for evaluation of the system in accordance with § 58.30-1(a)(14).

(2) The hydraulic fluid used in the system must comply with § 58.30-10.

(3) The installed system must be tested in accordance with § 58.30-35(c)(2).

(4) All pneumatic cylinders must comply with § 58.30-30.

(5) Additional plans may be required for “fail-safe” equipment and for cargo hatch systems with alternate means of operation.

(b) [Reserved]

authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306,3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3
source: CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18878, Dec. 18, 1968, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 58.30-50