TITLE 46 - SHIPPING

CHAPTER I - COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

SUBCHAPTER I - CARGO AND MISCELLANEOUS VESSELS

PART 97 - OPERATIONS

97.15 - 5 - Drafts and load line markings.

  (a) The master of every vessel on an ocean, coastwise, or Great Lakes voyage shall enter the drafts of the vessel, forward and aft, in the official logbook when leaving port.

  (b) On vessels subject to the requirements of subchapter E (Load Lines) of this chapter at the time of departure from port on an ocean, coastwise, or Great Lakes voyage, the master shall insert in the official logbook a statement of the position of the load line mark, port and starboard, in relation to the surface of the water in which the vessel is then floating.

  (1) When an allowance for draft is made for density of the water in which the vessel is floating, this density is to be noted in the official logbook.