---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 170.275"
title: "46"
number: "170.275"
heading: "Special requirements for cargo space watertight doors."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/170.275"
---

# §170.275. Special requirements for cargo space watertight doors.

- (a) **A door between cargo spaces—**
  - (1) Must not be designed for remote operation;
  - (2) Must be located as high as practicable; and
  - (3) Must be located as far inboard of the side shell as practicable but in no case closer to the side shell than one-fifth of the beam of the vessel where the beam is measured at right angles to the centerline of the vessel at the level of the deepest load line.
- (b) If the door is accessible while the ship is in operation, it must have installed a lock or other device that prevents unauthorized opening.
- (c) Before installing a watertight door in a cargo space, approval must be obtained from the Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Center.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51010, Nov. 4, 1983, as amended by CGD 88-070, 53 FR 34537, Sept. 7, 1988]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51010, Nov. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51010, Nov. 4, 1983, as amended by CGD 88-070, 53 FR 34537, Sept. 7, 1988]