46 CFR 45.187 - Weather limitations.

Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 17, 2024

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Oct 15, 2024

View all text of Subpart E [§ 45.171 - § 45.197]

§ 45.187 - Weather limitations.

(a) Tows on the Burns Harbor route must operate during fair weather conditions only.

(b) The weather limits (ice conditions, wave height, and sustained winds) for the Milwaukee, St. Joseph, and Muskegon routes are specified in § 45.171, table 45.171.

(c) If weather conditions are expected to exceed these limits at any time during the voyage, the tow must not leave harbor or, if already underway, must proceed to the nearest appropriate harbor of safe refuge.

[USCG-1998-4623, 76 FR 32327, June 6, 2011]

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 45.187