---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 149.337"
title: "33"
number: "149.337"
heading: "What are the requirements for ring life buoys?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/149.337"
---

# §149.337. What are the requirements for ring life buoys?

- (a) Each unmanned deepwater port must have at least one ring life buoy complying with [§ 149.320](/cfr/33/149.320.md) to this part.
- (b) If there is no space on the deepwater port for the ring life buoys, they must be on a manned vessel located alongside of the deepwater port while the persons are on the deepwater port.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39179, July 1, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1504, 1509; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39179, July 1, 2013]