---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 108.525"
title: "46"
number: "108.525"
heading: "Survival craft number and arrangement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/108.525"
---

# §108.525. Survival craft number and arrangement.

- (a) Each unit must carry the following:
  - (1) **Lifeboats installed in at least two widely separated locations on different sides or ends of the unit.** The arrangement of the lifeboats must provide sufficient capacity to accommodate the total number of persons permitted on board if—
    - (i) All the lifeboats in any one location are lost or rendered unusable; or
    - (ii) **All the lifeboats on any one side or end of the unit are lost or rendered unusable.**
  - (2) Liferafts arranged for float-free launching and having an aggregate capacity that will accommodate the total number of persons permitted on board.
- (b) In the case of a self-elevating unit where, due to its size or configuration, lifeboats can not be located in the widely separated locations required under [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section, the OCMI may accept the following number and arrangement of survival craft:
  - (1) **Lifeboats with an aggregate capacity to accommodate the total number of persons permitted on board.**
  - (2) Liferafts served by launching appliances or marine evacuation systems of an aggregate capacity to accommodate the total number of persons permitted on board. These liferafts may be the float-free liferafts under [paragraph (a)(2)](#a-2) of this section, or liferafts in addition to the float-free liferafts.

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25291, May 20, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3102, 3306; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, unless otherwise noted.