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[CITE: 46USC5111]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                      Part C--Load Lines of Vessels
 
                         CHAPTER 51--LOAD LINES
 
Sec. 5111. Providing loading information

    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.

(Pub. L. 99-509, title V, Sec. 5101(2), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1917.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    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.
