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Introduction
Regulations
The Carriage of dangerous
goods and marine pollutants
in sea-going ships is
respectively regulated
in the International Convention
for the Safety of the
Life at Sea (SOLAS) and
the International Convention
for the Prevention of
pollution from Ships (MARPOL).
Relevant
parts of both SOLAS and
MARPOL have been worked
out in great detail and
are included in the International
Maritime Dangerous Goods
(IMDG) Code, thus making
this Code the legal instrument
for maritime transport
of dangerous goods and
marine pollutants. As
of 1st January 2004, the
IMDG Code will become
a mandatory requirement.
Documents
- The
shipper of dangerous
goods should provide
a dangerous goods
declaration embodying
the relevant details
listed in section 9
of the general introduction
to the IMDG Code and
the original or a copy
should be placed aboard
the ship. Without such
a declaration the dangerous
goods shall not be accepted
for shipments.
- Those
responsible for the
packing of dangerous
goods into a freight
container or vehicle
should provide a signed
dangerous goods container
or vehicle packing certificate,
stating that the provisions
of paragraph 5.4 of
the IMDG Code have been
met, and the original
or a copy should be
handed over to the vessel
operator. Without such
certification the container
or vehicle shall not
be accepted for shipment.
Note : A Container
packing certificate
is not required for
portable tanks
- The
documents referred to
in 1 and 2 above may
be combined into 1 form!
Classification of dangerous
goods
For all modes of transport
(sea, air, rail, road
and inland waterways)
the classification (grouping)
of dangerous goods, by
type of risk involved,
has been drawn up by the
UNITED NATIONS Committee
of Experts on the Transport
of Dangerous Goods (UN).
Based on this framework
of grouping and for the
purpose of carriage by
sea, IMO Classes comprise
the following, which are
further subdivided as
indicated:
Dangerous goods, marine
pollutants and material
hazardous only in Bulk
(MHB)
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