Title 46 — ShippingRelease 119-73not60
§5111 Providing Loading Information
Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part C— Load Lines of Vessels › Chapter 51— LOAD LINES › § 5111
Summary
Secretary can require vessel parties to give master loading, stability, and margin-of-strength information in language they understand.
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Title 46, §5111
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The Secretary may prescribe regulations requiring the owner, charterer, managing operator, and agent of a vessel to provide loading information (including information on loading distribution, stability, and margin of strength) to the master or individual in charge of the vessel in a language the master or individual understands.
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section 5111 authorizes the Secretary to prescribe
Regulations
requiring that the master of a vessel be provided with loading and stability information for the vessel that the master understands.
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Citation
46 U.S.C. § 5111
Title 46 — Shipping
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60