Cargo, Fumigation and Tackle Regulations (SOR/2007-128)

146 (1) Subject to sections 148 and 151, subsections 154(3), 157(3) and (4) and section 158, the master of a vessel shall ensure that the requirements of the following are met:

• (a) the IMDG Code in respect of carrying packaged goods on the vessel;

• (b) regulations 4.4, 4.5, 5 and 6.1 of Chapter VII of SOLAS; and

• (c) chapters 2 to 11 of the INF Code, if the vessel carries INF Cargo.

(2) Every company shall ensure that the requirements of regulation 6.2 of Chapter VII of SOLAS are met in respect of its vessels.

(3) Every person who ships packaged goods by a vessel or consigns packaged goods to a vessel in a cargo transport unit that is not required to be marked by the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations shall comply with any reasonable request that the vessel’s authorized representative or master makes in respect of the goods in order to comply with the requirements of the IMDG Code respecting stowage and segregation if the cargo transport unit

• (a) is carried by vessel between two places in Canada; and

• (b) is loaded with less than 500 kg of packaged goods.

(4) The “AWAY FROM” segregation requirement in the IMDG Code for incompatible dangerous goods that are carried in the same cargo transport unit does not apply if they

• (a) are carried on

  • (i) a sheltered waters voyage, a near coastal voyage, Class 2 or an inland voyage, or

  • (ii) a voyage between two places in Canada during which the vessel is never more than 120 nautical miles from shore or 200 nautical miles from a place of refuge; and

• (b) are separated by a minimum horizontal separation of 2 m, projected vertically.