Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 11, 2026

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Jan 15, 2026
§ 125.150 - Lifesaving systems.

(a) Lifesaving appliances and arrangements on OSVs of less than 6,000 GT ITC (500 GRT if GT ITC is not assigned) must comply with part 133 of this subchapter.

(b) Lifesaving appliances and arrangements on OSVs of at least 6,000 GT ITC (500 GRT if GT ITC is not assigned) must comply with subparts A, B, and D of part 199 of this chapter.

[USCG-2012-0208, 79 FR 48934, Aug. 18, 2014]
authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103,3306,3307; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4
source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49321, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 125.150