---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 45.177"
title: "46"
number: "45.177"
heading: "Freeboard requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/45.177"
---

# §45.177. Freeboard requirements.

- (a) All barges must have a minimum freeboard of 24 inches (610 mm).
- (b) Additionally, open hopper barges must have a combined freeboard plus cargo box coaming height of at least 54 inches (1,372 mm).

## Notes

### 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.