---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 401.6"
title: "33"
number: "401.6"
heading: "Markings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/401.6"
---

# §401.6. Markings.

- (a) Vessels of more than 20.0 m in overall length shall be correctly and distinctly marked and equipped with draft markings on both sides at the bow and stern.
- (b) In addition to the markings required by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, vessels of more than 110 m in overall length shall be marked on both sides with midship draft markings.
- (c) Where a vessel's bulbous bow extends forward beyond her stem head, a symbol of a bulbous bow shall be marked above the vessel's summer load line draught mark in addition to a + symbol followed by a number indicating the total length in meters by which the bulbous bow projects beyond the stem.

## Notes

### Amendments

[47 FR 51121, Nov. 12, 1982, as amended at 61 FR 19551, May 2, 1996; 70 FR 12970, Mar. 17, 2005]

### 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

[47 FR 51121, Nov. 12, 1982, as amended at 61 FR 19551, May 2, 1996; 70 FR 12970, Mar. 17, 2005]