Twin-screw vessel handling

33 CFR §155.5035

§ 155.5035 § 155.5035 Nontank vessel response plan requirements: Specific content. (a)This section of the vessel response plan (VRP) must include— (1) The vessel's name, country of registry, call sign, official number, and International Maritime Organization (IMO) international number (if applicable). If the VRP covers multiple vessels, this information should be provided for each vessel; (2) The name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, and facsimile number, and procedures for contacting the vessel's owner or operator on a 24-hour basis; (3) A list of the Captain of the Port (COTP) zones, ports, and offshore transit areas in which the vessel intends to operate; (4) A table of contents or index of sufficient detail to permit personnel with responsibilities under the VRP …

33 CFR §164.11

§ 164.11 § 164.11 Navigation under way: General. The owner, master, or person in charge of each vessel underway shall ensure that: (a) The wheelhouse is constantly manned by persons who: (1) Direct and control the movement of the vessel; and (2) Fix the vessel's position; (b) Each person performing a duty described in paragraph (a) of this section is competent to perform that duty; (c) The position of the vessel at each fix is plotted on a chart of the area and the person directing the movement of the vessel is informed of the vessel's position; (d) Electronic and other navigational equipment, external fixed aids to navigation, geographic reference points, and hydrographic contours are used when fixing the vessel's position; (e) Buoys alone are not used to fix the vessel's position…

33 CFR §164.35

§ 164.35 § 164.35 Equipment: All vessels. Each vessel must have the following: (a) A marine radar system for surface navigation. (b) An illuminated magnetic steering compass, mounted in a binnacle, that can be read at the vessel's main steering stand. (c) A current magnetic compass deviation table or graph or compass comparison record for the steering compass, in the wheelhouse. (d) A gyrocompass. (e) An illuminated repeater for the gyrocompass required by paragraph (d) of this section that is at the main steering stand, unless that gyrocompass is illuminated and is at the main steering stand. (f) An illuminated rudder angle indicator in the wheelhouse. (g) The following maneuvering information prominently displayed on a fact sheet in the wheelhouse: (1) A turning circle diagram t…

46 CFR §184.602

§ 184.602 § 184.602 Internal communications systems. (a) A vessel equipped with pilothouse control must have a fixed means of two-way communications from the operating station to the location where the means of controlling the propulsion machinery, required by § 184.620(a) of this part, is located. Twin screw vessels with pilothouse control for both engines are not required to have a fixed communications system. (b) A vessel equipped with auxiliary means of steering, required by § 182.620 of this subchapter, must have a fixed means of two-way communications from the operating station to the location where the auxiliary means of steering is controlled. (c) When the propulsion machinery of a vessel cannot be controlled from the operating station, an efficient communications system must be…

46 CFR §199.10

§ 199.10 § 199.10 Applicability. (a)Unless expressly provided otherwise in this Chapter, this part applies to all vessels inspected under U.S. law as set out in Table 199.10(a). (b)This part does not apply to non-self-propelled vessels without accommodations or work stations on board. Unless otherwise required by this chapter, it does not apply to offshore supply vessels; mobile offshore drilling units; small passenger vessels; and sailing school vessels. (c)For purposes of the application of this part, a cargo vessel, whenever constructed, which is converted to a passenger vessel is deemed to be a passenger vessel that is constructed on the date on which the conversion commences. (d)This subpart and subparts B, C, and D of this part apply to vessels engaged on international voyages, e…

46 CFR §28.255

§ 28.255 § 28.255 Bilge pumps, bilge piping, and dewatering systems. (a) Each vessel must be equipped with a bilge pump and bilge piping capable of draining any watertight compartment, other than tanks and small buoyancy compartments, under all service conditions. Large spaces, such as enginerooms must be fitted with more than one suction line. (b) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section, a space used in the sorting or processing of fish in which water is used must be fitted with dewatering system capable of dewatering the space under normal conditions of list and trim at the same rate as water is introduced. Pumps used as part of the processing of fish do not count for meeting this requirement. The dewatering system must be interlocked with the pump(s) supplying…