Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Mar 17, 2025
§ 172.070 - Intact stability.

All tank vessels of 5,000 deadweight tons (DWT) and above, contracted after December 3, 2001, must comply with the intact stability requirements of IMO Res. MEPC.117(52) (incorporated by reference, see § 172.020).

[USCG-2007-0030, 75 FR 78086, Dec. 14, 2010]
authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306,3703,5115; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2
source: CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51040, Nov. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 172.070