Title 46

PART 131

Part 131 - Operations

PART 131 - OPERATIONS Authority:33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 3306, 6101, 10104; E.O. 12234, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Section 131.990 also issued under sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905. Source:CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49340, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

46:4.0.1.5.34.1SUBPART A
Subpart A - General Provisions; Notice of Casualty and Records of Voyage
46:4.0.1.5.34.1.45.1SECTION 131.100
   131.100 Preemptive effect.
46:4.0.1.5.34.1.45.2SECTION 131.101-131.109
   131.101-131.109 [Reserved]
46:4.0.1.5.34.1.45.3SECTION 131.110
   131.110 Notice and records.
46:4.0.1.5.34.2SUBPART B
Subpart B - Markings on Vessels
46:4.0.1.5.34.2.45.1SECTION 131.210
   131.210 Hulls.
46:4.0.1.5.34.2.45.2SECTION 131.220
   131.220 Drafts.
46:4.0.1.5.34.2.45.3SECTION 131.230
   131.230 Loadlines and decklines.
46:4.0.1.5.34.3SUBPART C
Subpart C - Preparations for Emergencies
46:4.0.1.5.34.3.45.1SECTION 131.310
   131.310 List of crew members and offshore workers.
46:4.0.1.5.34.3.45.2SECTION 131.320
   131.320 Safety orientation for offshore workers.
46:4.0.1.5.34.3.45.3SECTION 131.330
   131.330 Emergency instructions.
46:4.0.1.5.34.3.45.4SECTION 131.340
   131.340 Recommended placard for emergency instructions.
46:4.0.1.5.34.3.45.5SECTION 131.350
   131.350 Station bill.
46:4.0.1.5.34.3.45.6SECTION 131.360
   131.360 Responsibilities of licensed or certificated individuals.
46:4.0.1.5.34.4SUBPART D
Subpart D - Sufficiency and Supervision of Crew of Survival Craft
46:4.0.1.5.34.4.45.1SECTION 131.410
   131.410 Certificate of proficiency.
46:4.0.1.5.34.4.45.2SECTION 131.420
   131.420 Manning and supervision.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5SUBPART E
Subpart E - Tests, Drills, and Inspections
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.1SECTION 131.505
   131.505 Steering gear, whistle, and means of communication.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.2SECTION 131.510
   131.510 Draft and loadline markings.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.3SECTION 131.513
   131.513 Verification of compliance with applicable stability requirements.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.4SECTION 131.515
   131.515 Periodic sanitary inspections.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.5SECTION 131.520
   131.520 Hatches and other openings.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.6SECTION 131.525
   131.525 Emergency lighting and power.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.7SECTION 131.530
   131.530 Abandon-ship training and drills.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.8SECTION 131.535
   131.535 Firefighting training and drills.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.9SECTION 131.540
   131.540 Operational readiness.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.10SECTION 131.545
   131.545 Maintenance in general.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.11SECTION 131.550
   131.550 Maintenance of falls.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.12SECTION 131.555
   131.555 Spare parts and repair equipment.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.13SECTION 131.560
   131.560 Weekly tests and inspections.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.14SECTION 131.565
   131.565 Monthly tests and inspections.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.15SECTION 131.570
   131.570 Quarterly inspections.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.16SECTION 131.575
   131.575 Yearly inspections and repair.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.17SECTION 131.580
   131.580 Servicing of inflatable liferafts, inflatable lifejackets, inflatable buoyant apparatus, and inflated rescue boats.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.18SECTION 131.585
   131.585 Periodic servicing of hydrostatic-release units.
46:4.0.1.5.34.5.45.19SECTION 131.590
   131.590 Firefighting equipment.
46:4.0.1.5.34.6SUBPART F
Subpart F - Logs
46:4.0.1.5.34.6.45.1SECTION 131.610
   131.610 Logbooks and records.
46:4.0.1.5.34.6.45.2SECTION 131.620
   131.620 Matters that must be logged.
46:4.0.1.5.34.6.45.3SECTION 131.630
   131.630 Entries in official logbooks.
46:4.0.1.5.34.7SUBPART G
Subpart G - Work Vests
46:4.0.1.5.34.7.45.1SECTION 131.710
   131.710 Approved work vests.
46:4.0.1.5.34.7.45.2SECTION 131.720
   131.720 Use.
46:4.0.1.5.34.7.45.3SECTION 131.730
   131.730 Shipboard stowage.
46:4.0.1.5.34.7.45.4SECTION 131.740
   131.740 Shipboard inspections.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8SUBPART H
Subpart H - Markings for Fire Equipment and Emergency Equipment
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.1SECTION 131.800
   131.800 General.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.2SECTION 131.805
   131.805 General alarm bell, switch.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.3SECTION 131.810
   131.810 General alarm bell.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.4SECTION 131.815
   131.815 Carbon dioxide and clean agent alarms.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.5SECTION 131.817
   131.817 Carbon dioxide warning signs.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.6SECTION 131.820
   131.820 Branch lines of fire-extinguishing system.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.7SECTION 131.825
   131.825 Fixed fire extinguishing system controls.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.8SECTION 131.830
   131.830 Fire-hose stations.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.9SECTION 131.835
   131.835 Portable fire extinguishers.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.10SECTION 131.840
   131.840 Emergency lighting.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.11SECTION 131.845
   131.845 Instructions for shift of steering gear.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.12SECTION 131.850
   131.850 Rudder orders.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.13SECTION 131.855
   131.855 Lifeboats and rescue boats.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.14SECTION 131.860
   131.860 Rigid liferafts.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.15SECTION 131.865
   131.865 Inflatable liferafts and inflatable buoyant apparatus.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.16SECTION 131.870
   131.870 Life floats and buoyant apparatus.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.17SECTION 131.875
   131.875 Lifejackets, immersion suits, and ring buoys.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.18SECTION 131.880
   131.880 Fire hoses and axes.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.19SECTION 131.890
   131.890 EPIRBs and SARTs.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.20SECTION 131.893
   131.893 Watertight doors and watertight hatches.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.21SECTION 131.896
   131.896 Remote stopping-systems.
46:4.0.1.5.34.8.45.22SECTION 131.899
   131.899 Fire dampers.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9SUBPART I
Subpart I - Miscellaneous
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.1SECTION 131.905
   131.905 Statutory penalties.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.2SECTION 131.910
   131.910 Notices to mariners and aids to navigation.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.3SECTION 131.915
   131.915 Persons allowed in pilothouse and on navigational bridge.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.4SECTION 131.920
   131.920 Level of manning.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.5SECTION 131.925
   131.925 Compliance with provisions of Certificate of Inspection.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.6SECTION 131.930
   131.930 Display of stability letter.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.7SECTION 131.935
   131.935 Prevention of oil pollution.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.8SECTION 131.940
   131.940 Marine sanitation device.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.9SECTION 131.945
   131.945 Display of plans.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.10SECTION 131.950
   131.950 Placard on lifesaving signals and helicopter recovery.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.11SECTION 131.955
   131.955 Display of merchant mariner credential.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.12SECTION 131.960
   131.960 Use of auto-pilot.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.13SECTION 131.965
   131.965 Sounding of whistle.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.14SECTION 131.970
   131.970 Unauthorized lighting.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.15SECTION 131.975
   131.975 Searchlights.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.16SECTION 131.980
   131.980 Lookouts and watches.
46:4.0.1.5.34.9.45.17SECTION 131.990
   131.990 Maneuvering characteristics.