---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 32.56-10"
title: "46"
number: "32.56-10"
heading: "Navigation positions—T/ALL."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/32.56-10"
---

# §32.56-10. Navigation positions—T/ALL.

- (a) No navigation position may be above the cargo area unless it is approved by the Commandant as necessary for the safe operation of the vessel.
- (b) Each navigation position that is above the cargo area must be separated from the deck by an unenclosed space that extends at least 2 meters (6.6 feet) from the deck to the navigation position.
- (c) Openings to navigation positions above cargo areas, except air locks, must be at least 2.4 meters (7.9 feet) above the deck.

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 74-127, 41 FR 3844, Jan. 26, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703, 3719; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; Subpart 32.59 also issued under the authority of Sec. 4109, Pub. L. 101-380, 104 Stat. 515.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16671, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.