Regulations last checked for updates: May 04, 2025

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Mar 17, 2025
§ 44.310 - Definitions.

Hopper dredge means a self-propelled dredge with an open hold or hopper in the hull of the dredge that receives dredged material.

Working freeboard means one-half the distance between the mark of the load line assigned under this subchapter and the freeboard deck.

authority: 46 U.S.C. 5101-5116; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1
source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16755, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 44.310