---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 28.260"
title: "46"
number: "28.260"
heading: "Electronic position fixing devices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/28.260"
---

# §28.260. Electronic position fixing devices.


Each vessel 79 feet (24 meters) or more in length must be equipped with an electronic position fixing device capable of providing accurate fixes for the area in which the vessel operates.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3316, 4502, 4505, 4506, 6104, 8103, 10603; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991, unless otherwise noted.