Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) (DANGEROUS GOODS AND MARINE POLLUTANTS) REGULATION - SECT 14

Carriage of explosives

(1) No explosives which the shipowner or master knows or ought to know present
a serious risk when carried in a ship shall be taken on board any ship unless-
(L.N. 391 of 1996)

   (a)  such explosives are stowed in a compartment in which any electrical
        apparatus and cables are so designed and used as to minimize the risk
        of fire or explosion; and

   (b)  detonators are effectively segregated from all other explosives; and

   (c)  the stowage and segregation of explosives are in accordance with the
        IMDG Code; and

   (d)  where such explosives are required to be stowed in a magazine, such
        magazine is kept securely closed while the ship is at sea.

(2) A shipowner or master who fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an
offence. (Enacted 1994)