---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 44.330"
title: "46"
number: "44.330"
heading: "Obtaining working freeboards for hopper dredges."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/44.330"
---

# §44.330. Obtaining working freeboards for hopper dredges.


A hopper dredge may be issued a working freeboard on a limited service domestic voyage load line certificate or a Great Lakes load line certificate if the following are met:

- (a) The hopper dredge structure must have adequate strength for any draft up to the working freeboard draft. Dredges built and maintained in conformity with the requirements of a classification society recognized by the Commandant usually meet this requirement.
- (b) **The hopper dredge must—**
  - (1) Meet [subpart I of part 174](/cfr/46/part174-subpartI.md) of this chapter; and
  - (2) **Have on its bridge remote draft indicators that—**
    - (i) Show the fore, aft, and mean draft of the dredge at all times while the dredge is operating; and
    - (ii) **Have each indicator marked with the assigned freeboard and the working freeboard.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 76-080, 54 FR 36977, Sept. 6, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 5101-5116; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16755, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.