---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 401.57"
title: "33"
number: "401.57"
heading: "Disembarking or boarding."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/401.57"
---

# §401.57. Disembarking or boarding.

- (a) Except as authorized by an officer, no person, other than a member of the crew of a vessel passing through, shall disembark or board any vessel while the vessel is passing through.
- (b) No member of the crew of a vessel passing through shall disembark or board except for the purpose of carrying out essential duties as directed by the Master.
- (c) Persons disembarking or boarding shall be assisted by a member of the vessel's crew under safe conditions.
- (d) Persons intending on disembarking or boarding a vessel shall only do so after they have confirmed with the Captain that the vessel is fully secured in the lock with Hands-Free Mooring or with mooring lines.

## Notes

### Amendments

[39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, as amended at 70 FR 12972, Mar. 17, 2005; 76 FR 13089, Mar. 10, 2011; 89 FR 15961, Mar. 6, 2024]

### 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 70 FR 12972, Mar. 17, 2005; 76 FR 13089, Mar. 10, 2011; 89 FR 15961, Mar. 6, 2024]