---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 45.173"
title: "46"
number: "45.173"
heading: "Eligible barges."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/45.173"
---

# §45.173. Eligible barges.


Only barges meeting the following requirements are eligible for the special load line regime under this subpart:

- (a) Unmanned, river service, dry-cargo barges;
- (b) Barges that have been designed and built to at least the minimum scantlings of the American Bureau of Shipping River Rules which were in effect at the time of construction;
- (c) Barges with a length-to-depth ratio less than 22;
- (d) Barges on the Milwaukee route must not be more than 10 years old; and
- (e) All weathertight and watertight closures (dogs, gaskets, covers, etc.) must be in proper working condition.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-4623, 67 FR 19690, Apr. 23, 2002, as amended at 75 FR 70603, Nov. 18, 2010]

### Source

Source: USCG-1998-4623, 67 FR 19690, Apr. 23, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### 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.

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-4623, 67 FR 19690, Apr. 23, 2002, as amended at 75 FR 70603, Nov. 18, 2010]