ABS High Speed Craft
Guide for High Speed Craft
Published by American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
The CFR incorporates ABS High Speed Craft by reference, which makes the edition it names part of the regulation. The CFR requires the edition it names, which may not be the newest. To enforce any other edition, the agency must publish the change in the Federal Register.
The edition the CFR requires
ABS High Speed Craft, 1997
As the CFR lists it: “Guide for High Speed Craft, 1997”
- Listed in 46 CFR 114.600(c)(5); required by46 CFR 116.300 ↗
- Listed in 46 CFR 175.600(c)(1); required by46 CFR 177.300 ↗
Listed as: “Guide for High Speed Craft, 1997 (“ABS High Speed Craft”)”
How to read it
- Where to get itABS Rule Manager ↗
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