---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 174.340"
title: "46"
number: "174.340"
heading: "Collision bulkhead."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/174.340"
---

# §174.340. Collision bulkhead.


Each hopper dredge must have a collision bulkhead that is located not less than 5 percent of the length abaft of the forward perpendicular.


## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 76-080, 54 FR 36977, Sept. 6, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9118, 9119, 9153; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Section 174.180 also issued under sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905.

### Source

Source: CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51048, Nov. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted.