US DOT Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR Parts 171 to 180) 176: Carriage by vessel: dangerous cargo manifest, stowage and segregation, inspection, port and ferry restrictions, and the class-specific vessel provisions (176.1 to 176.907)

What does 176 require?

A vessel carrier must prepare and keep on board a dangerous cargo manifest listing each hazardous material, its description, quantity and stowage location, available to the master and Coast Guard (176.30), and may accept a hazardous material only if it is packaged, marked, labeled, placarded and documented as required, inspecting packages and freight containers before loading (176.39, 176.45 to 176.48). Part 176 sets the stowage requirements and the segregation of incompatible classes (176.83 and the segregation table), the rules for freight containers, portable tanks and vehicles, the special provisions for passenger vessels and ferries, for explosives (Subpart G), for Class 7 (Subpart M), for gases, flammable liquids, oxidisers, poisons and corrosives in the remaining subparts, and the duty to report incidents and handle leaking packages (176.50, 176.57).