---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 143.225"
title: "46"
number: "143.225"
heading: "Control and monitoring requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/143.225"
---

# §143.225. Control and monitoring requirements.

- (a) Each towing vessel must have a means to monitor and control the amount of thrust, rudder angle, and (if applicable) direction of thrust, at each operating station.
- (b) Each towing vessel equipped with rudder(s) must have a means to monitor and control the position of the rudder(s) at each operating station.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3103, 3301, 3306, 3308, 3316, 8104, 8904; 33 CFR 1.05; DHS Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: USCG-2006-24412, 81 FR 40101, June 20, 2016, unless otherwise noted.