---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.320"
title: "46"
number: "154.320"
heading: "Cargo control stations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.320"
---

# §154.320. Cargo control stations.

- (a) Cargo control stations must be above the weather deck.
- (b) If a cargo control station is in accommodation, service, or control spaces or has access to such a space, the station must:
  - (1) Be a gas safe space;
  - (2) Have an access to the space that meets [§ 154.330](/cfr/46/154.330.md); and
  - (3) **Have indirect reading instrumentation, except for gas detectors.**
- (c) Cargo control stations, including a room or area, must contain all alarms, indicators, and remote controls associated with each cargo tank that the station controls.

## Notes

### 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.