---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 45.137"
title: "46"
number: "45.137"
heading: "Cargo ports."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/45.137"
---

# §45.137. Cargo ports.

- (a) Unless otherwise authorized by the Commandant, the lower edge of any opening for cargo, personnel, machinery access, or similar opening in the side of a ship must be above a line that is drawn parallel to the freeboard deck at side and has as its lowest point the upper edge of the uppermost loadline.
- (b) The number of cargo ports in the sides of a ship must be—
  - (1) No more than the minimum necessary for working the ship; and
  - (2) **Approved by the Commandant.**

## 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.