---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 54.01-30"
title: "46"
number: "54.01-30"
heading: "Loadings (modifies UG-22)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/54.01-30"
---

# §54.01-30. Loadings (modifies UG-22).

- (a) The loadings for pressure vessels must be as required by UG-22 of Section VIII of the ASME BPVC (incorporated by reference; see [§ 54.01-1](/cfr/46/54.01-1.md)) except as noted otherwise in this section.
- (b) In evaluating loadings for certain pressure vessel applications, the Commandant may require consideration of the following loads in addition to those listed in UG-22 of Section VIII of the ASME BPVC:
  - (1) **Loading imposed by vessel's attitude in roll, list, pitch and trim.**
  - (2) **Dynamic forces due to ship motions.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18828, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65167, Oct. 31, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1509; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18828, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50104, June 12, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18828, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65167, Oct. 31, 2008]