GroundRules
46 CFR 174.050: Stability on bottom.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 46—Shipping
- CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
- SUBCHAPTER S—SUBDIVISION AND STABILITY
- PART 174—SPECIAL RULES PERTAINING TO SPECIFIC VESSEL TYPES
- Subpart C—Special Rules Pertaining to Mobile Offshore Drilling Units
Each bottom bearing unit must be designed so that, while supported on the sea bottom with footings or a mat, it continually exerts a downward force on each footing or the mat when subjected to the forces of wave and current and to wind blowing at the velocities described in § 174.055(b)(3).
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