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China Coast Freight Co., LTD

Company Name:
China Coast Freight Co., LTD
Enforcement Order Type:
Orders of the Chief Counsel
Case Number:
13-0025-SH-WE
Report Date:

Docket Order: PHMSA-2014-0142

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $15,000 because it violated the IMDG Code and the HMR when it failed to classify, document, certify, describe, package, mark, and label its shipment of Compressed Gas, N.O.S. (95% Oxygen & 5% Ambient Air), 2.2, packaged in unauthorized, non-specification cylinders, offered for transportation via vessel to the United States.

Regulation References

International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code) 2010 Edition, 1.1, 2.0, 2.2, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, packing instructions P200 and Part 3, and the HMR