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Part 176: CARRIAGE BY VESSEL
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Regulation Sections
Section | Subject |
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176.1 | Purpose and scope |
176.2 | Definitions |
176.3 | Unacceptable hazardous materials shipments |
176.4 | Port security and safety regulations |
176.5 | Application to vessels |
176.7 | Documentation for vessel personnel |
176.9 | 'Order-Notify' or 'C.O.D.' shipments,Hazmat 669,661,section,176.11,Exceptions" |
176.13 | Responsibility for compliance and training |
176.15 | Enforcement |
176.18 | Assignment and certification |
176.24 | Shipping papers |
176.27 | Certificate |
176.30 | Dangerous cargo manifest |
176.31 | Special permits |
176.36 | Preservation of records |
176.39 | Inspection of cargo |
176.45 | Emergency situations |
176.48 | Situation requiring report |
176.50 | Acceptance of damaged or leaking packages |
176.52 | Rejections of shipments in violation |
176.54 | Repairs involving welding, burning, and power-actuated tools and appliances |
176.57 | Supervision of handling and stowage |
176.58 | Preparation of the vessel |
176.60 | No Smoking signs |
176.63 | Stowage locations |
176.65 | Alternative stowage procedures |
176.69 | General stowage requirements for hazardous materials |
176.70 | Stowage requirements for marine pollutants |
176.72 | Handling of break-bulk hazardous materials |
176.74 | On deck stowage of break-bulk hazardous materials |
176.76 | Transport vehicles, freight containers, and portable tanks containing hazardous materials |
176.77 | Stowage of barges containing hazardous materials on board barge-carrying vessels |
176.78 | Use of power-operated industrial trucks on board vessels |
176.80 | Applicability |
176.83 | Segregation |
176.84 | Other requirements for stowage, cargo handling, and segregation for cargo vessels and passenger vessels |
176.88 | Applicability |
176.89 | Control of transport vehicles |
176.90 | Private automobiles |
176.91 | Motorboats |
176.92 | Cylinders laden in vehicles |
176.93 | Vehicles having refrigerating or heating equipment |
176.95 | Applicability |
176.96 | Materials of construction |
176.97 | Prohibition of dump scows |
176.98 | Stowage of hazardous materials on board barges |
176.99 | Permit requirements for certain hazardous materials |
176.100 | Permit for Divisions 1.1 and 1.2 (explosive) materials |
176.102 | Supervisory detail |
176.104 | Loading and unloading Class 1 (explosive) materials |
176.108 | Supervision of Class 1 (explosive) materials during loading, unloading, handling and stowage |
176.112 | Applicability |
176.116 | General stowage conditions for Class 1 (explosive) materials |
176.118 | Electrical requirement |
176.120 | Lightning protection |
176.137 | Portable magazine |
176.138 | Deck stowage |
176.140 | Segregation from other classes of hazardous materials |
176.144 | Segregation of Class 1 (explosive) materials |
176.145 | Segregation in single hold vessels |
176.146 | Segregation from non-hazardous materials |
176.148 | Artificial lighting |
176.150 | Radio and radar |
176.154 | Fueling (bunkering) |
176.156 | Defective packages |
176.160 | Protection against weather |
176.162 | Security |
176.164 | Fire precautions and firefighting |
176.166 | Transport of Class 1 (explosive) materials on passenger vessels |
176.168 | Transport of Class 1 (explosive) materials in vehicle spaces |
176.170 | Transport of Class 1 (explosive) materials in freight containers |
176.172 | Structural serviceability of freight containers and vehicles carrying Class 1 (explosive) materials on ships |
176.174 | Transport of Class 1 (explosive) materials in shipborne barges |
176.176 | Signals |
176.178 | Mooring lines |
176.180 | Watchkeeping |
176.182 | Conditions for handling on board ship |
176.184 | Class 1 (explosive) materials of Compatibility Group L |
176.190 | Departure of vessel |
176.192 | Cargo handling equipment for freight containers carrying Class 1 (explosive) materials |
176.194 | Stowage of Class 1 (explosive) materials on magazine vessels |
176.200 | General stowage requirements |
176.205 | Under deck stowage requirements |
176.210 | On deck stowage requirements |
176.220 | Smoking or open flame and posting of warning signs |
176.225 | Stowage of chlorine |
176.230 | Stowage of Division 2.1 (flammable gas) materials |
176.305 | General stowage requirements |
176.315 | Fire protection requirements |
176.320 | Use of hand flashlights |
176.325 | Smoking or open flame and posting of warning signs |
176.340 | Combustible liquids in portable tanks |
176.400 | Stowage of Division 1.5, Class 4 (flammable solids) and Class 5 (oxidizers and organic peroxides) materials |
176.405 | Stowage of charcoal |
176.410 | Division 1.5 materials, ammonium nitrate and ammonium nitrate mixtures |
176.415 | Permit requirements for Division 1.5, ammonium nitrates, and certain ammonium nitrate fertilizers |
176.600 | General stowage requirements |
176.605 | Care following leakage or sifting of Division 2.3 (poisonous gas) and Division 6.1 (poisonous) materials |
176.700 | General stowage requirements |
176.704 | Requirements relating to transport indices and criticality safety indices |
176.708 | Segregation distances |
176.710 | Care following leakage or sifting of radioactive materials |
176.715 | Contamination control |
176.720 | Requirements for carriage of INF cargo in international transportation |
176.800 | General stowage requirements |
176.805 | On deck stowage |
176.900 | Packaging and stowage of cotton and vegetable fibers; general |
176.901 | Stowage of cotton or vegetable fibers with rosin or pitch |
176.903 | Stowage of cotton or vegetable fibers with coal |
176.905 | Vehicles having refrigerating or heating equipment |
176.906 | Stowage of engines and machinery |
176.907 | Polymeric Beads and Plastic Molding Compounds |