Code of Federal Regulations > Title 33 > Chapter I > Part 149 > Subpart C - Subpart C—Lifesaving Equipment

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations

Regulations most recently checked for updates: Feb 11, 2026

MANNED DEEPWATER PORT REQUIREMENTS

§ 149.301 - What are the requirements for lifesaving equipment?

§ 149.302 - What are the requirements when lifesaving equipment is repaired or replaced?

§ 149.303 - What survival craft and rescue boats may be used on a manned deepwater port?

§ 149.304 - What type and how many survival craft and rescue boats must a manned deepwater port have?

§ 149.306 - What are the requirements for lifeboats?

§ 149.307 - What are the requirements for free-fall lifeboats?

§ 149.308 - What are the requirements for liferafts?

§ 149.309 - What are the requirements for marine evacuation systems?

§ 149.310 - What are the muster and embarkation requirements for survival craft?

§ 149.311 - What are the launching and recovery requirements for lifeboats?

§ 149.312 - What are the launching equipment requirements for inflatable liferafts?

§ 149.313 - How must survival craft be arranged?

§ 149.314 - What are the approval and stowage requirements for rescue boats?

§ 149.315 - What embarkation, launching, and recovery arrangements must rescue boats meet?

§ 149.316 - What are the requirements for lifejackets?

§ 149.317 - How and where must lifejackets be stowed?

§ 149.318 - Must every person on the deepwater port have a lifejacket?

§ 149.319 - What additional lifejackets must the deepwater port have?

§ 149.320 - What are the requirements for ring life buoys?

§ 149.321 - How many ring life buoys must be on each deepwater port?

§ 149.322 - Where must ring life buoys be located and how must they be stowed?

§ 149.323 - What are the requirements for first aid kits?

§ 149.324 - What are the requirements for litters?

§ 149.325 - What emergency communications equipment must be on a manned deepwater port?

§ 149.326 - What are the immersion suit requirements?

§ 149.327 - What are the approval requirements for work vests and anti-exposure (deck) suits?

§ 149.328 - How must work vests and anti-exposure (deck) suits be stowed?

§ 149.329 - How must work vests and deck suits be marked?

§ 149.330 - When may a work vest or deck suit be substituted for a lifejacket?

§ 149.331 - What are the requirements for hybrid personal flotation devices?

§ 149.332 - What are the requirements for inflatable lifejackets?

§ 149.333 - What are the marking requirements for lifesaving equipment?

§ 149.300 - What does this subpart do?

UNMANNED DEEPWATER PORT REQUIREMENTS

§ 149.334 - Who must ensure compliance with the requirements for unmanned deepwater ports?

§ 149.335 - When are people prohibited from being on an unmanned deepwater port?

§ 149.336 - What are the requirements for lifejackets?

§ 149.337 - What are the requirements for ring life buoys?

§ 149.338 - What are the requirements for immersion suits?

§ 149.339 - What is the requirement for previously approved lifesaving equipment on a deepwater port?

§ 149.340 - What are the requirements for lifesaving equipment that is not required by this subchapter?