1. Regulations
  2. title 46
  3. chapter I-i1
  4. part 45
  5. subpart E
  6. § 45.185

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

§ 45.185 - Tow limitations.

(a) Barges must not be manned.

(b) No more than a total of three barges per tow may operate on the Milwaukee, St. Joseph, and Muskegon routes. A mixed tow of load-lined and exempted barges is still limited to three barges on those routes.

(c) Tows must not be more than 5 nautical miles from shore.

[USCG-1998-4623, 67 FR 19690, Apr. 23, 2002, as amended at 75 FR 70604, Nov. 18, 2010]

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 45.185