{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-154.503","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 154.503","heading":"Piping and piping system components: Protection from movement.","body":"Where thermal movement and movements of the cargo tank and the hull structure may cause stresses that exceed the design stresses, the piping and piping system components and cargo tanks must be protected from movement by:\n(a) Offsets;\n(b) Loops;\n(c) Bends;\n(d) Mechanical expansion joints including:\n(1) Bellows;\n(2) Slip joints;\n(3) Ball joints; or\n(e) Other means specially approved by the Commandant (CG-ENG).","path":["Title 46—Shipping","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER O—CERTAIN BULK DANGEROUS CARGOES","PART 154—SAFETY STANDARDS FOR SELF-PROPELLED VESSELS CARRYING BULK LIQUEFIED GASES","Subpart C—Design, Construction and Equipment"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-46.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:22Z","sha256":"67c8f0eb129a52c3da38fd9541acf2180f406d1edce70659b8ba25182374d4f5","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-154.500","next":"us/46-cfr-154.506"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}