Title 49, Part 176 — Carriage by Vessel

Purpose and scope.

Definitions.

Unacceptable hazardous materials shipments.

Port security and safety regulations.

Application to vessels.

Documentation for vessel personnel.

“Order-Notify” or “C.O.D.” shipments.

Exceptions.

Responsibility for compliance and training.

Enforcement.

Assignment and certification.

Shipping papers.

Certificate.

Dangerous cargo manifest.

Special permits.

Preservation of records.

Inspection of cargo.

Emergency situations.

Situation requiring report.

Acceptance of damaged or leaking packages.

Rejections of shipments in violation.

Repairs involving welding, burning, and power-actuated tools and appliances.

Supervision of handling and stowage.

Preparation of the vessel.

“No Smoking” signs.

Stowage locations.

Alternative stowage procedures.

General stowage requirements for hazardous materials.

Stowage requirements for marine pollutants.

Handling of break-bulk hazardous materials.

On deck stowage of break-bulk hazardous materials.

Transport vehicles, freight containers, and portable tanks containing hazardous materials.

Stowage of barges containing hazardous materials on board barge-carrying vessels.

Use of power-operated industrial trucks on board vessels.

Applicability.

Segregation.

Other requirements for stowage, cargo handling, and segregation for cargo vessels and passenger vessels.

Applicability.

Control of transport vehicles.

Private automobiles.

Motorboats.

Cylinders laden in vehicles.

Vehicles having refrigerating or heating equipment.

Applicability.

Materials of construction.

Prohibition of dump scows.

Stowage of hazardous materials on board barges.

Permit requirements for certain hazardous materials.

Permit for Divisions 1.1 and 1.2 (explosive) materials.

Supervisory detail.

Loading and unloading Class 1 (explosive) materials.

Supervision of Class 1 (explosive) materials during loading, unloading, handling and stowage.

Applicability.

General stowage conditions for Class 1 (explosive) materials.

Electrical requirement.

Lightning protection.

§§ 176.122-176.124 [Reserved]

§§ 176.128-176.136 [Reserved]

Portable magazine.

Deck stowage.

Segregation from other classes of hazardous materials.

Reserved]

Segregation of Class 1 (explosive) materials.

Segregation in single hold vessels.

Segregation from non-hazardous materials.

Artificial lighting.

Radio and radar.

Fueling (bunkering).

Defective packages.

Protection against weather.

Security.

Fire precautions and firefighting.

Transport of Class 1 (explosive) materials on passenger vessels.

Transport of Class 1 (explosive) materials in vehicle spaces.

Transport of Class 1 (explosive) materials in freight containers.

Structural serviceability of freight containers and vehicles carrying Class 1 (explosive) materials on ships.

Transport of Class 1 (explosive) materials in shipborne barges.

Signals.

Mooring lines.

Watchkeeping.

Conditions for handling on board ship.

Class 1 (explosive) materials of Compatibility Group L.

Departure of vessel.

Cargo handling equipment for freight containers carrying Class 1 (explosive) materials.

Stowage of Class 1 (explosive) materials on magazine vessels.

General stowage requirements.

Under deck stowage requirements.

On deck stowage requirements.

Smoking or open flame and posting of warning signs.

Stowage of chlorine.

Stowage of Division 2.1 (flammable gas) materials.

General stowage requirements.

Fire protection requirements.

Use of hand flashlights.

Smoking or open flame and posting of warning signs.

Combustible liquids in portable tanks.

Stowage of Division 1.5, Class 4 (flammable solids) and Class 5 (oxidizers and organic peroxides) materials.

Stowage of charcoal.

Division 1.5 materials, ammonium nitrate and ammonium nitrate mixtures.

Permit requirements for Division 1.5, ammonium nitrates, and certain ammonium nitrate fertilizers.

General stowage requirements.

Care following leakage or sifting of Division 2.3 (poisonous gas) and Division 6.1 (poisonous) materials.

General stowage requirements.

Requirements relating to transport indices and criticality safety indices.

Segregation distances.

Care following leakage or sifting of radioactive materials.

Contamination control.

Requirements for carriage of INF cargo in international transportation.

General stowage requirements.

On deck stowage.

Packaging and stowage of cotton and vegetable fibers; general.

Stowage of cotton or vegetable fibers with rosin or pitch.

Stowage of cotton or vegetable fibers with coal.

Stowage of vehicles.

Stowage of engines and machinery.

Polymeric Beads and Plastic Molding Compounds.