Every inland vessel shall be marked permanently and conspicuously to the satisfaction of the registering authority as follows:-(1)Inland Vessel name shall be marked on each of its bows or at a suitable place on the superstructure and the inland vessels name and the name of its place of registration shall be marked on its stern on a dark background in white letters or on a white background in black letter which shall not be less than 15 centimeter in height and 2 centimeter in breadth.(2)Inland Vessels registration mark and the number denoting its registered tonnage shall be cut in on its main beam or any permanent bulkhead at a prominent place. The letters and figures of the registration marks shall not be less than 15cm. X. 10 cm.(3)Scale of draught marks shall be cut or welded in meters and decimeters, forward and rear of Inland vessels on both the port and the starboard side.(4)Inland vessels load line shall be cut or welded 300cm. long and 35mm. wide and shall coincide with maximum draught level of the inland vessel in fair weather conditions.(5)The maximum drought level mark line will be below deck level not less than 62 cm. The space as per requirement will be taken space all around the vessel on deck level.
