---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 47.620"
title: "46"
number: "47.620"
heading: "Load line marks."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/47.620"
---

# §47.620. Load line marks.

- (a) A plimsoll mark (disc and line through center) applicable to International service must be placed at the draft corresponding to 15-degrees of righting energy as calculated in fulfilling the requirements of [46 CFR 174.015(a)(1)](/cfr/46/174.015.md?p=a-1).
- (b) The seasonal ladder representing summer, winter, and winter North Atlantic seasons must be as shown in Figure 1 below.
- (c) An equivalent Great Lakes summer seasonal line must be placed on the seasonal ladder at the draft corresponding to 10 foot-degrees of righting energy as calculated in fulfilling the requirements of [46 CFR 174.015(a)(2)](/cfr/46/174.015.md?p=a-2) and be marked with a (T).
- (d) The fresh water mark may be omitted by request of the owner or operator.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 5115; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 86-016, 51 FR 9962, Mar. 24, 1986, unless otherwise noted.