46 C.F.R. § 154.460

Design criteria.

Last amended: 2016Year: 2026Length: 133 wordsSubsections: 4Official source

Cite as 46 C.F.R. § 154.460 (2026)

At static angles of heel up through 30°, a secondary barrier must (a) If a complete secondary barrier is required in § 154.459, hold all of the liquid cargo in the cargo tank for at least 15 days under the dynamic loads in § 154.409(e); (b) If a partial secondary barrier is permitted in § 154.459, hold any leakage of liquid cargo corresponding to the extent of failure under § 154.448(a) after initial detection or primary barrier leak for at least 15 days under the dynamic loads in § 154.409(e); (c) If the primary barrier fails, prevent the temperature of the vessel's structure from falling below the minimum allowable service temperature of the steel; and (d) Be designed so that a cargo tank failure does not cause a failure in the secondary barrier.
Cross-references to the CFR
154.409154.448154.459
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