Overview
FMCSA strives to improve the safety of cargo tank motor vehicles on the nation's highways. The Agency enforces related rules and regulations, conducts inspections, licenses hazmat carriers, conducts studies, issues advisory notices, and provides educational resources to assist in the safe movement of cargo tanks.
Top Cargo Tank Violations
Safety Advisory Notices
- Transportation of the Recently Recalled Samsung Note 7 Smartphones on a Commercial Motor Vehicle
- Fatalities Associated with Hot Work on Oilfield Tanks and Tankers
- Enforcement On Noncompliant DOT-407 TYTAL Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles
- Possession or Use of Battery-Powered Portable Electronic Smoking Devices
- Emerson/ Fisher Pressure Relief Device (PRD) Recall
- Immediate Repair and Retesting of TYTAL Cargo Tanks
- Immediate Re-inspection and Retesting of Certain Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles Required
- Emergency Discharge Control Equipment Installation on Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles (Revised)
- Welding on Cargo Tanks
- Bench Testing of Pressure Relief Devices (PRDs)
- Important Notice Regarding Anhydrous Ammonia and Liquefied Petroleum Gas Hoses
- Important Notice Regarding Trinity Manufactured MC 331 Tanks (Revised)
- Nurse Tank Safety Advisory
- Classification and Package Selection of Hazardous Materials
- Attachment of Appurtenances to MC-331 Cargo Tanks
- Welded Repairs on Nurse Tanks
- Cargo Tank Failure in Charleston, WV
- Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Cargo Tanks Used to Transport Hazardous Materials
- Tank Check 2004 Report
Updated: Wednesday, October 26, 2016