33 U.S.C. § 152
Regulation of length of towlines
The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall prepare regulations limiting the length of hawsers between towing vessels and seagoing barges in tow and the length of such tows within any of the inland waters of the United States designated and defined from time to time pursuant to section 151 of this title, and such regulations shall have the force of law.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1947–1997 · leading case: The Scow No. 27, 164 F.2d 778 (4th Cir. 1947).
The Scow No. 27, 164 F.2d 778 (4th Cir. 1947). “Opposing counsel insist that this local regulation was superseded by the Act of Congress, 33 U.S.C.A. § 152 . We deem it unnecessary to pass on the validity of this local rule because we must uphold the finding of the District Court that the length of the tow of the Hughes had…”
Mystic S.S. Corp. v. M/S Antonio Ferraz, 498 F.2d 538 (2d Cir. 1974). “33 U.S.C. § 152 , 33 C.F.R. § 84.10 . A barge is, however, plainly less maneuverable with a long hawser than a short one; indeed here Captain Brogan estimated that it would take four minutes to change the course of his barge 10 degrees.”
The St. Francis, 72 F. Supp. 50 (D. Maryland 1947). “Authority for the regulations with respect to navigation of inland waters, which is here applicable, is to be found in 33 U.S.C.A. § 152 which presently authorizes the Coast Guard to promulgate such regulations.”
Spentonbush/Red Star Companies v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd., 106 F.3d 484 (2d Cir. 1997). “” The Coast Guard prepares regulations governing the length of towing hawsers, 33 U.S.C. § 152 , and a tug captain may have his license suspended for violating these reg- *491 illations.”
Mystic S.S. Corp. v. M/S Antonio Ferraz, 358 F. Supp. 505 (S.D.N.Y. 1973). “( 33 U.S.C. § 152 ; 33 C.F.R. § 84.10 ). The total length of the flotilla (Tug and Barge) was about 2160 feet, and such a length made the flotilla more vulnerable to collision in the pilot area.”
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