---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.554"
title: "46"
number: "154.554"
heading: "Cargo hose: Bursting pressure."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.554"
---

# §154.554. Cargo hose: Bursting pressure.


Cargo hose that may be exposed to the pressure in the cargo tank, the cargo pump discharge, or the vapor compressor discharge must have a bursting pressure of at least five times the maximum working pressure on the hose during cargo transfer.


## 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.