---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 199.203"
title: "46"
number: "199.203"
heading: "Marshalling of liferafts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/199.203"
---

# §199.203. Marshalling of liferafts.

- (a) Each passenger vessel must have a lifeboat or rescue boat for each six liferafts when—
  - (1) Each lifeboat and rescue boat is loaded with its full complement of persons; and
  - (2) The minimum number of liferafts necessary to accommodate the remainder of the persons on board have been launched.
- (b) A passenger vessel engaged on a short international voyage that also complies with the standards of subdivision requirements for vessels on short international voyages as described in subchapter S of this chapter may have a lifeboat or rescue boat for each nine liferafts when—
  - (1) Each lifeboat and rescue boat is loaded with its full complement of persons; and
  - (2) The minimum number of liferafts necessary to accommodate the remainder of the persons on board have been launched.

## 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.