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  2. Title 46 - Shipping
  3. Chapter I - COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
  4. Subchapter E - LOAD LINES
  5. Part 45 - GREAT LAKES LOAD LINES
  6. Subpart E - Unmanned River Barges on Lake Michigan Routes
  7. 46 CFR § 45.185
46 CFR § 45.185
Tow limitations
April 15, 2021
CFR

(a) Barges must not be manned.

(b) No more than a total of three barges per tow may operate on the Milwaukee, St. Joseph, and Muskegon routes. A mixed tow of load-lined and exempted barges is still limited to three barges on those routes.

(c) Tows must not be more than 5 nautical miles from shore.

[USCG-1998-4623, 67 FR 19690, Apr. 23, 2002, as amended at 75 FR 70604, Nov. 18, 2010]

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