# All other cargo tanks, except MC 338 — How often hazmat cylinders, cargo tanks, IBCs and portable tanks must be retested

For All other cargo tanks, except MC 338, test or inspection is Internal Visual Inspection; interval is 5 years; regulation section is 49 CFR § 180.407, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Container specification:** All other cargo tanks, except MC 338 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Test or inspection:** Internal Visual Inspection _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Interval:** 5 years. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulation section:** 49 CFR § 180.407 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> All other cargo tanks , except MC 338 | September 1, 1995 | 5 years.

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/180.407

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
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