TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

CHAPTER IV - SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

PART 401 - SEAWAY REGULATIONS AND RULES

subpart a - REGULATIONS

401.29 - Maximum draft.

  (a) The loading, draft and speed of a vessel in transit shall be controlled by the master, who shall take into account the vessel's individual characteristics and its tendency to list or squat, so as to avoid striking bottom. 1 1 The main channels between the Port of Montreal and Lake Erie have a controlling depth of 8.23 m.

  (b) The draft of a vessel shall not, in any case, exceed 79.2 dm or the maximum permissible draft designated in a Seaway Notice by the Corporation and the Manager for the part of the Seaway in which a vessel is passing.

(68 Stat. 9396, 33 U.S.C. 981990, as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of Sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95474, 92 Stat. 1471) [42 FR 27587, May 31, 1977, as amended at 45 FR 52378, Aug. 7, 1980; 47 FR 51122, Nov. 12, 1982; 65 FR 52914, Aug. 31, 2000]