---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 401.32"
title: "33"
number: "401.32"
heading: "Cargo booms—deck cargo."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/401.32"
---

# §401.32. Cargo booms—deck cargo.

- (a) Every vessel shall have cargo booms secured in a manner that affords maximum visibility from the wheelhouse.
- (b) Cargo or containers carried, forward or aft, on deck shall be stowed in a manner that:
  - (1) Affords an unrestricted view from the wheelhouse for the purpose of navigation; and
  - (2) **Does not interfere with mooring equipment.**
- (c) Seaway Traffic Control Center shall be notified of the height of deck cargo prior to transiting the Seaway or when departing from a Port or Wharf within the Seaway.

## Notes

### Amendments

[39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, as amended at 41 FR 12227, Mar. 24, 1976; 77 FR 40804, July 11, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 983(a) and 984(a)(4), as amended; 49 CFR 1.101, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, as amended at 41 FR 12227, Mar. 24, 1976; 77 FR 40804, July 11, 2012]