46 CFR §154.1340
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- (a)Each cargo tank must have devices that measure the temperature:
- (1)At the bottom of the tank; and
- (2)Near the top of the tank and below the maximum liquid level allowed under § 154.1844.
- (b)Each device required by paragraph (a) must have a readout at the cargo control station.
- (c)Except for independent tanks type C, each cargo containment system for a design temperature colder than −55 °C (−67 °F) must have temperature measuring devices that meet the following:
- (1)The number and location of the devices must be specially approved by the Commandant (CG-OES).
- (2)The devices must be within the cargo tank's insulation or on the adjacent hull structure.
- (3)Each device must show the temperature continuously or at regular intervals of one hour or less.
- (4)Each device must actuate an audible and visual alarm at the cargo control station and a remote group alarm in the wheelhouse before the temperature of the steel of the adjacent hull structure is cooled below the lowest temperature allowed for the steel under § 154.172.
- (d)For each cargo tank with a design temperature colder than −55 °C (−67 °F), the number and arrangement of the devices that show the temperature of the tank during cool down procedures must be specially approved by the Commandant (CG-OES).