---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 148.295"
title: "46"
number: "148.295"
heading: "Petroleum coke, calcined or uncalcined, at 55 °C (131 °F) or above."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/148.295"
---

# §148.295. Petroleum coke, calcined or uncalcined, at 55 °C (131 °F) or above.

- (a) This part does not apply to shipments of petroleum coke, calcined or uncalcined, on any vessel when the temperature of the material is less than 55 °C (131 °F).
- (b) Petroleum coke, calcined or uncalcined, or a mixture of calcined and uncalcined petroleum coke may not be loaded when its temperature exceeds 107 °C (225 °F).
- (c) No other hazardous materials may be stowed in any hold adjacent to a hold containing petroleum coke except as provided in [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section.
- (d) Before petroleum coke at 55 °C (131 °F) or above may be loaded into a hold over a tank containing fuel or material having a flashpoint of less than 93 °C (200 °F), a 0.6 to 1.0 meter (2 to 3 foot) layer of the petroleum coke at a temperature not greater than 43 °C (110 °F) must first be loaded.
- (e) Petroleum coke must be loaded as follows:
  - (1) For a shipment in a hold over a fuel tank, the loading of a cooler layer of petroleum coke in the hold as required by [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section must be completed before loading the petroleum coke at 55 °C (131 °F) or above in any hold of the vessel;
  - (2) Upon completion of the loading described in [paragraph (e)(1)](#e-1) of this section, a 0.6 to 1.0 meter (2 to 3 foot) layer of the petroleum coke at 55 °C (131 °F) or above must first be loaded into each hold, including those holds already containing a cooler layer of the petroleum coke; and
  - (3) Upon completion of the loading described in [paragraph (e)(2)](#e-2) of this section, normal loading of the petroleum coke may be completed.
- (f) The master of the vessel must warn members of a crew that petroleum coke is hot, and that injury due to burns is possible.
- (g) During the voyage, the temperature of the petroleum coke must be monitored often enough to detect spontaneous heating.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1602; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 5111; 49 U.S.C. 5103; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 64591, Oct. 19, 2010, unless otherwise noted.