---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 176.168"
title: "49"
number: "176.168"
heading: "Transport of Class 1 (explosive) materials in vehicle spaces."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/176.168"
---

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

- (a) All transport vehicles and cargo must be properly secured.
- (b) All transport vehicles used for the carriage of Class 1 (explosive) materials must be structurally serviceable as defined in [§ 176.172(a)(2)](/cfr/49/176.172.md?p=a-2).
- (c) Vehicles used to transport Class 1 (explosive) materials must conform to the requirements in §§ [177.834](/cfr/49/177.834.md) and [177.835](/cfr/49/177.835.md) of this subchapter.
- (d) Class 1 (explosive) materials which require special stowage must be transported in transport vehicles approved for the purpose by the Associate Administrator except that Class 1 (explosive) materials in compatibility group G or H may be carried in steel portable magazines or freight containers. Closed transport vehicles may be used as magazines; transport vehicles of other types may be used to transport Class 1 (explosive) materials which require ordinary stowage.
- (e) Class 1 (explosive) materials of different compatibility groups may not be stowed in the same vehicle except as allowed in [§ 176.144](/cfr/49/176.144.md) of this subpart.
- (f) Vehicles containing different Class 1 (explosive) materials require no segregation from each other, except that these materials may be carried together under the provisions of [§ 176.144](/cfr/49/176.144.md) of this subchapter. In all other instances, the vehicles must be “separated from” one another.
- (g) All transport vehicles used for the transport of Class 1 (explosive) materials must have lashing arrangements for securing the vehicle on the ship and preventing the moving of the vehicle on its springs during the sea passage.
- (h) Where a portable magazine or closed freight container is carried on a chassis, twist locks or other suitable securing arrangements must be provided and made secure.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 176-30, 55 FR 52696, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 66 FR 45384, Aug. 28, 2001; 68 FR 61942, Oct. 30, 2003]

### Source

Source: Amdt. 176-30, 55 FR 52696, Dec. 21, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5128; 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.97.

### Source

Source: Amdt. 176-1, 41 FR 16110, Apr. 15, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 176-30, 55 FR 52696, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 66 FR 45384, Aug. 28, 2001; 68 FR 61942, Oct. 30, 2003]