---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 150.405"
title: "33"
number: "150.405"
heading: "How must a cargo transfer system be tested and inspected?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/150.405"
---

# §150.405. How must a cargo transfer system be tested and inspected?

- (a) No person may transfer oil or natural gas through a cargo transfer system (CTS) at a deepwater port unless it has been inspected and tested according to this section.
- (b) The single point mooring (SPM)-CTS must be maintained as required by the design standards used to comply with [§ 149.650](/cfr/33/149.650.md) of this chapter.
- (c) If the manufacturer's maximum pressure rating for any cargo transfer hose in a SPM-CTS has been exceeded, unless it was exceeded for testing required by this section, the hose must be:
  - (1) Removed;
  - (2) Hydrostatically tested to 1.5 times its maximum working pressure for oil, or 1.1 times its maximum working pressure for natural gas; and
  - (3) **Visually examined externally and internally for evidence of—**
    - (i) Leakage;
    - (ii) Loose covers;
    - (iii) Kinks;
    - (iv) Bulges;
    - (v) Soft spots; and
    - (vi) **Gouges, cuts, or slashes that penetrate the hose reinforcement.**
- (d) Each submarine hose used in cargo transfer operations in an SPM-CTS must have been removed from its coupling, surfaced, and examined as described in paragraphs [(c)(2)](#c-2) and [(c)(3)](#c-3) of this section, within the preceding 2 years for oil, or 15 months for natural gas; and
- (e) Before resuming cargo transfer operations, each submarine hose in an SPM-CTS must be visually examined in place as described in [paragraph (c)(3)](#c-3) of this section after cargo transfer operations are shut down due to sea conditions at the deepwater port.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), (j)(5), (j)(6), (m)(2), 1509(a); 46 U.S.C. 70034; E.O. 12777, sec. 2; E.O. 13286, sec. 34, 68 FR 10619; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

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