Regulations last checked for updates: May 14, 2024

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Apr 03, 2024
§ 28.310 - Launching of survival craft.

A gate or other opening must be provided in the deck rails, lifelines, or bulwarks adjacent to the stowage location of each survival craft which weighs more than 110 pounds (489 Newtons), to allow the survival craft to be manually launched.

authority: 46 U.S.C. 3316,4502,4505,4506,6104,8103,10603; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1
source: CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 28.310