---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 45.103"
title: "46"
number: "45.103"
heading: "Structural stress and stability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/45.103"
---

# §45.103. Structural stress and stability.

- (a) The nature and stowage of the cargo, ballast, and other variable weights must be such as to make the vessel stable and avoid unacceptable structural stress.
- (b) The vessel must meet all applicable stability and subdivision requirements of this chapter.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 5104, 5108; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-49R, 38 FR 12290, May 10, 1973, unless otherwise noted.