---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 42.25-5"
title: "46"
number: "42.25-5"
heading: "Definitions of terms used in this subpart."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/42.25-5"
---

# §42.25-5. Definitions of terms used in this subpart.

- (a) **Timber deck cargo.** The term “timber deck cargo” means a cargo of timber carried on an uncovered part of a freeboard or superstructure deck. The term does not include wood pulp or similar cargo.
- (b) **Timber load line.** A timber deck cargo may be regarded as giving a vessel a certain additional buoyancy and a greater degree of protection against the sea. For that reason, vessels carrying a timber deck cargo may be granted a reduction of freeboard calculated according to the provisions of [§ 42.25-20](/cfr/46/42.25-20.md) and marked on the vessel's side in accordance with the provisions of § [42.13-30(c)](/cfr/46/42.13-30.md?p=c) and [(d)](/cfr/46/42.13-30.md?p=d). However, in order that such special freeboard may be granted and used, the timber deck cargo shall comply with certain conditions which are laid down in [§ 42.25-15](/cfr/46/42.25-15.md), and the vessel itself shall also comply with certain conditions relating to its construction which are set out in [§ 42.25-10](/cfr/46/42.25-10.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10067, July 12, 1968, as amended by CGFR 68-126, 34 FR 9016, June 5, 1969]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 5101-5116; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; section 42.01-5 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

### Amendments

[CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10067, July 12, 1968, as amended by CGFR 68-126, 34 FR 9016, June 5, 1969]