---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 199.178"
title: "46"
number: "199.178"
heading: "Marking of stowage locations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/199.178"
---

# §199.178. Marking of stowage locations.

- (a) Containers, brackets, racks, and other similar stowage locations for lifesaving equipment must be marked with symbols in accordance with IMO Resolution A.760(18) indicating the device stowed in that location.
- (b) If more than one device is stowed in a location, the number of devices stowed must be indicated.
- (c) **Survival craft should be numbered consecutively starting from the vessel's bow.** Survival craft on the starboard side should be numbered with odd numerals and survival craft on the port side should be numbered with even numerals.
- (d) **Each liferaft stowage location should be marked with the capacity of the liferaft stowed there.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25313, May 20, 1996, unless otherwise noted.