---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 45.185"
title: "46"
number: "45.185"
heading: "Tow limitations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/45.185"
---

# §45.185. Tow limitations.

- (a) Barges must not be manned.
- (b) No more than a total of three barges per tow may operate on the Milwaukee, St. Joseph, and Muskegon routes. A mixed tow of load-lined and exempted barges is still limited to three barges on those routes.
- (c) Tows must not be more than 5 nautical miles from shore.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-4623, 67 FR 19690, Apr. 23, 2002, as amended at 75 FR 70604, 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 70604, Nov. 18, 2010]