---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 401.70"
title: "33"
number: "401.70"
heading: "Fendering—explosive and hazardous cargo vessels."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/401.70"
---

# §401.70. Fendering—explosive and hazardous cargo vessels.


All explosive vessels requiring a Seaway Explosives Permission Letter in accordance with [§ 401.68](/cfr/33/401.68.md) and all tankers carrying cargo with a flashpoint of up to 61 °C, except those carrying such cargo in center tanks with gas free wing tanks, shall be equipped with a sufficient number of non-metallic fenders on each side to prevent any metallic part of the vessel from touching the side of a dock or lock wall.


## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 2620, Jan. 22, 2007]

### Authority

Authority: Sections 401.66 through 401.73 issued under 68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990, as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471.

### Source

Source: Sections 401.66 through 401.73 appear at 45 FR 52379, Aug. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### 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

[72 FR 2620, Jan. 22, 2007]