DOT Hazmat Transportation – Carrier Requirements (Water)
49 CFR 176 training – Carriage by Vessel
All U.S. and foreign vessels operating in the navigable waters of the United States must comply with the 49 CFR requirements governing the acceptance, storage, loading, and transportation of hazardous materials by water.
This course is for those vessels operating only within navigable U.S. waters which includes the oceans and navigable coastal and inland waters, lakes, rivers, and streams.
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Governing regulations.
This online DOT Hazmat Transportation Carrier Requirements (Water) course satisfies the modal-specific training requirements found in Part 176 and Part 172, Subpart H of the Hazardous Materials Regulations.
You may use the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code when carrying hazardous materials by vessel, as long as you also follow the requirements listed in section 171.12 and 176.11 of the HMR.
Who must take this course?
49 CFR part 176 section 13 Responsibility for compliance and training states:
(b) A carrier may not transport a hazardous material by vessel unless each of its hazmat employees involved in that transportation is trained as required by subpart H of part 172 of this subchapter.
It will take a MINIMUM of 2 hours to complete this online course. The student may log on and off as needed. A bookmark will be set so when they log back in they will return to where they left off.
Upon successful completion each student will have immediate access to a printable DOT Hazmat Transportation – Carrier Requirements (Water) training certificate and wallet card.
We have no restrictions on how long a person takes to complete a course.
Likewise, if you are purchasing for others, we have no time limit on assigning courses. So you can purchase a larger quantity then you currently need and take advantage of volume discounts.
Each student will receive 0.2 CEUs (or 2 CMEs) from Compliance Training Online™ for completing this course.
Our DOT Hazmat Transportation – Carrier Requirements (Water) training course consists of content, graphics, audio, and a final exam.
This modal–specific online course is based on Part 176 of the HMR and covers the requirements for accepting and/or transporting hazardous materials by most commercial vessels, foreign or domestic, when in the navigable waters of the United States. Exceptions are found in 176.5(b). Part 176 requirements for vessel transportation are in addition to those contained in Parts 171, 172, and 173 of the HMR.
Specific topics covered in this course include:
- general operating requirements, as well as general handling, stowage, and segregation requirements for transporting hazardous materials by commercial vessels,
- special requirements for transport vehicles and barges,
- segregation requirements for specific classes of hazardous materials and any exceptions to those requirements,
- uses of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code for similarities to and differences compared to uses of the hazardous materials regulations (HMR),
- identify and apply the incident reporting requirements in 49 CFR
According to the DOT, Each hazardous materials employee must be periodically retrained at least every three years.
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