A highway tank is a portable means of containment (MOC), with a capacity of 3000 litres or more, that is permanently affixed to a truck or trailer, as defined in Standard CSA B620. A TC portable tank is a portable means of containment (MOC), with a capacity of 450 litres or more, that is temporarily affixed to a means of transport, also as defined in Standard CSA B620.
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Standards
CSA B620
Information on CSA B620 (the CSA standard on "Highway Tanks and TC Portable Tanks for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods").
CSA B621
Information on CSA B621 (the CSA standard on "Selection and Use of Highway Tanks, TC Portable Tanks, and Other Large Containers for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods, Classes 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8, and 9").
CSA B622
Information on CSA B622 (the CSA standard on "Selection and Use of Highway Tanks and TC Portable Tanks for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods, Class 2").
CSA B626
Information on CSA B626 (the CSA standard on "Portable Tank Specification TC 44").
Requirements
Find information on the requirements for highway tanks (tank trucks and trailers) and TC portable tanks as well as the requirement to be registered by Transport Canada to manufacture, assemble, modify, repair, inspect or test highway or TC portable tanks.
Registered facilities
Search the TDG facilities database to find information on the following facilities registered with Transport Canada:
- manufacturers
- design review agencies
- design engineers
- training organizations
Application forms
Related links
- Public Notice – 60-day consultation for new editions of CSA B620, CSA B621 and CSA B622
- Possible failure of nurse tanks manufactured by American Welding and Tank between January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2011
- Diesel Fuel Transport After January 1, 2010 (TDG Newsletter, Winter 2010)
- New requirements for tank testers, tank inspectors and training organizations
- Volumetric capacity on TC highway tanks
- Effects of additives in anhydrous ammonia nurse tanks or delivery tanks
- Structural inspections of TC 423 highway tank trailers
- Pneumatic pressure testing requirements
- Welding requirements for highway and TC portable tanks
- Thickness testing on highway and portable tanks
- New requirements for nurse tanks transporting anhydrous ammonia in Canada
- Highway tank brake interlocks used during loading and unloading