---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 176.170"
title: "49"
number: "176.170"
heading: "Transport of Class 1 (explosive) materials in freight containers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/176.170"
---

# §176.170. Transport of Class 1 (explosive) materials in freight containers.

- (a) When Class 1 (explosive) materials are stowed in a freight container, the freight container, for the purposes of this subpart, may be regarded as a closed transport unit for class 1 or a magazine but not a separate compartment.
- (b) Freight containers loaded with Class 1 (explosive) materials, except for explosives in Division 1.4, must not be stowed in the outermost row of containers.
- (c) [Reserved]
- (d) Class 1 (explosive) materials of different compatibility groups may not be stowed within the same freight container except as allowed in [§ 176.144](/cfr/49/176.144.md) of this subpart.
- (e) On vessels, other than specially fitted container ships, freight containers containing Class 1 (explosive) materials must be stowed only in the lowest tier.
- (f) Freight containers carrying different Class 1 (explosive) materials require no segregation from each other, if the provisions of [§ 176.144](/cfr/49/176.144.md) of this subpart allow the Class 1 (explosive) materials to be carried together in the same compartment. In all other instances, the containers must be “separated from” one another in accordance with [§ 176.83(f)](/cfr/49/176.83.md?p=f) of this part.
- (g) Freight containers carrying Class 1 (explosive) materials may not be handled on board a vessel with fork lift trucks unless approved by the COTP. This does not preclude the use of front-loading trucks using side-frame lifting equipment.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 176-30, 55 FR 52696, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 66282, Dec. 20, 1991; 68 FR 45041, July 31, 2003; 69 FR 76185, Dec. 20, 2004; 78 FR 1095, Jan. 7, 2013]

### 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 56 FR 66282, Dec. 20, 1991; 68 FR 45041, July 31, 2003; 69 FR 76185, Dec. 20, 2004; 78 FR 1095, Jan. 7, 2013]