46 C.F.R. § 180.202 Survival craft—vessels operating on oceans routes.
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(a) Each vessel certificated to operate on an oceans route in cold water must either: (1) Be provided with inflatable buoyant apparatus of an aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 100% of the total number of persons permitted on board; or (2) Meet either the standards for collision bulkheads in §§179.310 in this chapter or 171.085 in subchapter S of this chapter, and the standards for subdivision in §§179.220 and 179.320 of this chapter, or the standards for subdivision and damaged stability in §§171.070 through 171.073 and 171.080 in subchapter S of this chapter, as appropriate, and be provided with life floats of an aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 100% of the total number of persons permitted on board. (b) Each vessel certificated to operate on an oceans route in warm water must either: (1) Be provided with inflatable buoyant apparatus of an aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 67% of the total number of persons permitted on board; or (2) Be provided with life floats of an aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 100% of the total number of persons permitted on board.
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PART 180—LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT AND ARRANGEMENTS
Subpart E—Number and Type of Survival Craft
§ 180.202 Survival craft—vessels operating on oceans routes.
