---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 157.162"
title: "33"
number: "157.162"
heading: "Crude oil washing during a voyage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/157.162"
---

# §157.162. Crude oil washing during a voyage.


The master of a tank vessel having a COW system under [§ 157.10(e)](/cfr/33/157.10.md?p=e), [§ 157.10a(a)(2)](/cfr/33/157.10a.md?p=a-2), or [§ 157.10c(b)(2)](/cfr/33/157.10c.md?p=b-2) shall ensure that each cargo tank that is crude oil washed during a voyage other than a ballast voyage—

- (a) Remains empty so that the tank may be inspected upon arrival at the next discharge port; and
- (b) If it is to be used as a ballast tank when leaving the discharge port, is ballasted before the vessel departs from that discharge port so that the tank may be inspected under [§ 157.140(a)(2)](/cfr/33/157.140.md?p=a-2).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 77-058b, 45 FR 43709, June 30, 1980, as amended by CGD 82-28, 50 FR 11628, Mar. 22, 1985]

### Source

Source: CGD 77-058b, 45 FR 43709, June 30, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903; 46 U.S.C. 3703, 3703a (note); Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Subparts G, H, and I are also issued under section 4115(b), Pub. L. 101-380, 104 Stat. 520; Pub. L. 104-55, 109 Stat. 546.

### Source

Source: CGD 74-32, 40 FR 48283, Oct. 14, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 77-058b, 45 FR 43709, June 30, 1980, as amended by CGD 82-28, 50 FR 11628, Mar. 22, 1985]