{"data":{"id":"us/33-cfr-163.20","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 CFR 163.20","heading":"Bunching of tows.","body":"(a) In all cases where tows can be bunched, it should be done.\n(b) Tows navigating in the North and East Rivers of New York must be bunched above a line drawn between Robbins Reef Light and Owls Head, Brooklyn, but the quarantine anchorage and the north entrance to Ambrose Channel shall be avoided in the process of bunching tows.\n(c) Tows must be bunched above the mouth of the Schuylkill River, Pa.","path":["Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER P—PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY","PART 163—TOWING OF BARGES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-33.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:35Z","sha256":"d54165e71ecf99261e4df83e76b28bd42aa2854a2fbb62d7ab31750ecf10c0db","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/33-cfr-163.05","next":"us/33-cfr-164.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}