---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 25.25-9"
title: "46"
number: "25.25-9"
heading: "Storage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/25.25-9"
---

# §25.25-9. Storage.

- (a) The lifesaving equipment designed to be worn required in § [25.25-5(b)](/cfr/46/25.25-5.md?p=b) and [(c)](/cfr/46/25.25-5.md?p=c) must be readily accessible.
- (b) Lifesaving equipment designed to be thrown required in [§ 25.25-5(b)](/cfr/46/25.25-5.md?p=b) must be immediately available.
- (c) For a barge to which this subpart applies, the wearable lifesaving equipment specified in [§ 25.25-5](/cfr/46/25.25-5.md) need not be stored on board the barge if the barge's operator stores it elsewhere, and ensures that each individual dons the equipment or a work vest approved under [46 CFR 160.053](/cfr/46/160.053.md) before boarding the barge and keeps it on for as long as the individual remains on board and at risk of falling overboard.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 72-172R, 38 FR 8117, Mar. 28, 1973, as amended by CGD 82-075a, 49 FR 4483, Feb. 7, 1984; USCG-2012-0919, 79 FR 53631, Sept. 10, 2014]

### Source

Source: CGD 72-172R, 38 FR 8117, Mar. 28, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903(b); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 4102, 4302; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16653, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 72-172R, 38 FR 8117, Mar. 28, 1973, as amended by CGD 82-075a, 49 FR 4483, Feb. 7, 1984; USCG-2012-0919, 79 FR 53631, Sept. 10, 2014]