---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.1809"
title: "46"
number: "154.1809"
heading: "Loading and stability manual."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.1809"
---

# §154.1809. Loading and stability manual.

- (a) No person may operate a vessel unless that vessel has on board a loading and stability manual.
- (b) The loading and stability manual must contain:
  - (1) Information that enables the master to load and ballast the vessel while keeping structural stresses within design limits; and
  - (2) The information required by [§ 170.110](/cfr/46/170.110.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, as amended by CGD 79-023, 49 FR 51010, Nov. 4, 1983]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3703, 9101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, as amended by CGD 79-023, 49 FR 51010, Nov. 4, 1983]