CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER IV—SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION > PART 401—SEAWAY REGULATIONS AND RULES > SUBPART A—Regulations (§401.1 to §401.97) > 401.29—Maximum draft.

401.29—Maximum draft.

(a) The draft and speed of a vessel in transit shall be controlled by the master, who shall take into account the vessel's individual characteristics and its tendency to list or squat, so as to avoid striking bottom. 1

Code of Federal Regulations

Footnote(s): 1 The main channels between the Port of Montreal and Lake Erie have a controlling depth of 8.23m.
(b) The draft of a vessel shall not, in any case, exceed 79.2 dm or the maximum permissible draft designated in a Seaway Notice by the Corporation and the Manager for the part of the Seaway in which a vessel is passing.

Code of Federal Regulations

(68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990 , as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of Sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471)

Code of Federal Regulations

[42 FR 27587, May 31, 1977, as amended at 45 FR 52378, Aug. 7, 1980; 47 FR 51122, Nov. 12, 1982; 65 FR 52914, Aug. 31, 2000; 73 FR 9953, Feb. 25, 2008]