Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 12, 2026

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Jan 15, 2026
§ 108.195 - Location of accommodation spaces.

(a) On surface type units, accommodation spaces must not be located forward of a vertical plane located at 5 percent of the unit's length aft of the stem, at the designed summer load line.

(b) On all units, the deckhead of each accommodation space must be above the deepest load line.

authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3102,3306; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4
source: CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 108.195