{"data":{"id":"us/33-cfr-82.3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 CFR 82.3","heading":"Pushing vessel and vessel being pushed: Composite unit.","body":"Rule 24(b) of the 72 COLREGS states that when a pushing vessel and a vessel being pushed ahead are rigidly connected in a composite unit, they are regarded as a power-driven vessel and must exhibit the lights under Rule 23. A “composite unit” is interpreted to be a pushing vessel that is rigidly connected by mechanical means to a vessel being pushed so they react to sea and swell as one vessel. “Mechanical means” does not include the following:\n(a) Lines.\n(b) Hawsers.\n(c) Wires.\n(d) Chains.","path":["Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER D—INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION RULES","PART 82—72 COLREGS: INTERPRETATIVE RULES"],"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":"2c1c4d11d9cd7731f84b5882ef67c27398a8d77b1683843bf0836bb4157fcf19","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/33-cfr-82.1","next":"us/33-cfr-82.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}