Regulations last checked for updates: Jun 18, 2024

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Jun 12, 2024
§ 401.45 - Emergency procedure.

When the speed of a vessel entering a lock chamber has to be checked, the master shall take all necessary precautions to stop the vessel in order to avoid contact with lock structures. At no time shall the vessel deploy its anchors to stop the vessel when entering a lock chamber.

[81 FR 13746, Mar. 15, 2016]
cite as: 33 CFR 401.45