---
kind: "unit"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
key: "stII/ptC/ch51"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 51"
heading: "Load Lines"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/stII-ptC-ch51"
sections_count: 16
---

# Chapter 51 — Load Lines

Title 46 — Shipping › Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part C — Load Lines of Vessels

## Sections

- [§5101. Definitions](/usc/46/5101.md)
- [§5102. Application](/usc/46/5102.md)
- [§5103. Load line requirements](/usc/46/5103.md)
- [§5104. Assignment of load lines](/usc/46/5104.md)
- [§5105. Load line surveys](/usc/46/5105.md)
- [§5106. Load line certificate](/usc/46/5106.md)
- [§5107. Delegation of authority](/usc/46/5107.md)
- [§5108. Special exemptions](/usc/46/5108.md)
- [§5109. Reciprocity for foreign vessels](/usc/46/5109.md)
- [§5110. Submersible vessels](/usc/46/5110.md)
- [§5111. Providing loading information](/usc/46/5111.md)
- [§5112. Loading restrictions](/usc/46/5112.md)
- [§5113. Detention of vessels](/usc/46/5113.md)
- [§5114. Use of Customs Service officers and employees for enforcement](/usc/46/5114.md)
- [§5115. Repealed.](/usc/46/5115.md)
- [§5116. Penalties](/usc/46/5116.md)