§ 82.5 Lights for moored vessels.

For the purposes of Rule 30 of the 72 COLREGS, a vessel at anchor includes a barge made fast to one or more mooring buoys or other similar device attached to the sea or river floor. Such a barge may be lighted as a vessel at anchor in accordance with Rule 30, or may be lighted on the corners in accordance with 33 CFR 83.30(h) through (l).

[CGD 94–011, 63 FR 5731, Feb. 4, 1998, as amended by USCG–2015–0433, 80 FR 44280, July 27, 2015; USCG–2016–0498, 82 FR 35080, July 28, 2017]