---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 45.105"
title: "46"
number: "45.105"
heading: "Information supplied to the master."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/45.105"
---

# §45.105. Information supplied to the master.


Unless otherwise authorized by the Commandant, the vessel must have onboard, in a form approved by the Commandant, sufficient information.

- (a) To enable the master to load and ballast the vessel in a manner that avoids unacceptable stresses in the vessel's structure; and
- (b) **To guide the master as to the stability of the ship under varying conditions of service.**

## 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.