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title: "46 U.S.C. § 5111"
description: "Providing loading information"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 5111 - Providing loading information
## Text
The Secretary may prescribe regulations requiring the owner, charterer, managing operator, and agent of a vessel to provide loading information (including information on loading distribution, stability, and margin of strength) to the master or individual in charge of the vessel in a language the master or individual understands.
(Pub. L. 99509, title V, § 5101(2), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1917.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesSection 5111 authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations requiring that the master of a vessel be provided with loading and stability information for the vessel that the master understands.