46 CFR § 98.33-15 - Transfers.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s98.33-15"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 98.33-15 - Transfers."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "98.33-15"
section_name: "Transfers."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "CARGO AND MISCELLANEOUS VESSELS"
part_number: "98"
part_name: "SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION, ARRANGEMENT, AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN DANGEROUS CARGOES IN BULK"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 1903; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307, 3703; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
regulatory_source: "CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 17022, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "98"
---


# 98.33-15 Transfers.

A cargo authorized under § 98.33-3 of this part may not be transferred to or from a portable tank or IBC authorized under § 98.33-5 of this part unless the following requirements are met:

(a) *Cargo pumps* comply with § 98.30-14 of this part;

(b) *Ground connection* complies with § 98.30-15 of this part;

(c) *Leakage containment* complies with § 98.30-17 of this part;

(d) *Qualification of person in charge* complies with § 98.30-18 of this part;

(e) *Supervision of person in charge* complies with § 98.30-19 of this part;

(f) *Transfers, general,* comply with § 98.30-23 of this part;

(g) *Connections* comply with § 98.30-27 of this part;

(h) Pumping of incompatible products complies with § 98.30-29 of this part;

(i) Conditions for pumping comply with § 98.30-31 of this part; and

(j) *Carriage of NLSs* complies with § 98.30-16 of this part.

[CGD 84-043, 55 FR 37412, Sept. 11, 1990; 55 FR 47477, Nov. 14, 1990; USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54788, Sept. 6, 2013]