---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 401.69"
title: "33"
number: "401.69"
heading: "Hazardous cargo vessels."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/401.69"
---

# §401.69. Hazardous cargo vessels.


For the purpose of these Regulations, a vessel shall be deemed to be a hazardous cargo vessel in the following cases:

- (a) A tanker carrying fuel oil, gasoline, crude oil or other flammable liquids in bulk, having a flashpoint below 61 °C, including a tanker that is not gas free where its previous cargo had a flashpoint below 61 °C;
- (b) A tanker carrying compressed liquefied gases, bulk acids or liquefied chamicals;
  - (1) In excess of 50 tonnes of gases, compressed, liquified or dissolved under pressure (IMO Class 2),
  - (2) In excess of 50 tonnes of flammable liquids having a flashpoint below 61 °C (IMO Class 3),
  - (3) In excess of 50 tonnes of flammable solids, spontaneously combustible material or substances emitting combustible gases when wet (IMO Class 4),
  - (4) In excess of 50 tonnes of oxidizing substances or organic peroxides (IMO Class 5),
  - (5) Any quantity of poisonous (toxic) substances and infectious substances (IMO Class 6),
  - (6) Any quantity of radioactive substances (IMO Class 7),
  - (7) In excess of 50 tonnes of corrosive substances (IMO Class 8),
  - (8) Any quantity of metal turnings, borings, cuttings, or shavings in bulk having a temperature on loading or in transit in excess of 65.5 °C, and
  - (9) Any quantity of grain that is under fumigation, where the chemical being used is hazardous to human life.
  - (10) **Any quantity of direct reduced iron (DRI).**

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 52379, Aug. 7, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 51123, Nov. 12, 1982; 48 FR 20691, May 9, 1983]

### Authority

Authority: Sections 401.66 through 401.73 issued under 68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990, as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471.

### Source

Source: Sections 401.66 through 401.73 appear at 45 FR 52379, Aug. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 983(a) and 984(a)(4), as amended; 49 CFR 1.101, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 52379, Aug. 7, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 51123, Nov. 12, 1982; 48 FR 20691, May 9, 1983]