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|What is the purpose of IMDG code |The Code lays down basic principles; detailed recommendations for individual substances, materials and articles, and a number of recommendations |
| |for good operational practice including advice on terminology, packing, labeling, stowage, segregation and handling, and emergency response |
| |action. |
| |The two-volume Code is divided into seven parts |
| |IMDG Code or International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code is accepted as an international guideline to the safe transportation or shipment of |
| |dangerous goods or hazardous materials by water on vessel. IMDG Code is intended to protect crew members and to prevent marine pollution in the |
| |safe transportation of hazardous materials by vessel. It is recommended to governments for adoption or for use as the basis for national |
| |regulations. |
| |The implementation of the Code is mandatory in conjunction with the obligations of the members of united nation government under the |
| |International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
| |(MARPOL 73/78). It is intended for use not only by the mariner but also by all those involved in industries and services connected with shipping.|
| |Contains advice on terminology, packaging, labeling, placarding, markings, stowage, segregation, handling, and emergency response. |
| |The code is updated and maintained by the DSC Sub-Committee of the International Maritime Organization every 2 years. |
|What are the contents of the IMDG code | |
| |Volume 1 (parts 1, 2 and 4-7 of the Code) |
| |general provisions, definitions, training |
| |classification |
| |packing and tank provisions |
| |consignment procedures |
| |construction and testing of packagings, IBCs, large packagings, portable tanks and road tank vehicles |
| |transport operations |
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| |Volume 2 |
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| |the Dangerous Goods List (equivalent to the schedules in previous editions of the Code), presented in tabular format |
| |limited quantities exceptions |
| |the Index and appendices |
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| |The Supplement contains the following texts related to the IMDG Code: |
| |EMS Guide |
| |Medical First Aid Guide |
| |Reporting Procedures |
| |Packing Cargo Transport Units |
| |Safe Use of Pesticides |
| |INF Code |
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|How do you load a IMDG container |Check for proper documentation |
| |Refer to segregation tables for any segregation required |
| |Check IMDG code supplementary for required details |
| |Receive IMDG Declaration & manifest |
|What are the documents supplied by the shipper with regard to IMDG cargo|The legislation requires a declaration from the consignor (shipper) stating that the goods declared are classified and packed correctly and also |
| |a declaration from the person packing the container that it has been done so correctly, these are Dangerous Goods Declaration and the Container |
| |Packing Certificate |
| |These declarations may be in any format, but must be in accordance with the regulations of the IMDG code, Chapter 5.4 refers (an example is given|
| |below) |
| |Often, the Dangerous Goods Declaration is combined with the Container Packing Certificate into one document, generally known as the Multimodal |
| |Dangerous Goods Form |
| |These documents can also known as Dangerous Goods Note (DGN), Dangerous Goods Declaration (DGD), |
| |Multimodal Dangerous Goods Form (MDGF), Shippers Declaration, and Dangerous Cargo Declaration (DCD) |
| |The information required on the documents is as follows: |
| |Shipper - full name and address |
| |Consignee – full name and address |
| |Description of goods in sequence |
| |a) UN number (preceded by UN) |
| |b) Proper Shipping Name including technical name (if required) |
| |c) Primary IMO class, secondary, tertiary |
| |d) Packing Group |
| |Information which supplements the Proper Shipping Name in the dangerous goods description |
| |(If applicable) |
| |Technical names for "n.o.s." and other generic descriptions |
| |Empty un cleaned packagings, bulk containers and tanks |
| |Wastes |
| |Elevated temperature substances |
| |Marine Pollutants |
| |Flashpoint |
| |In addition to the dangerous goods description the following information shall be included after the dangerous goods description on the dangerous|
| |goods transport document. |
| |Total quantity of dangerous goods |
| |This includes the weight in Kilos of each substance, as well as the number and type of packaging |
| |Also to be included if applicable; |
| |Limited quantities |
| |Salvage packagings |
| |Substances stabilized by temperature control |
| |Control and Emergency temperature: ....° C |
| |Aerosols - If the capacity of an aerosol is above 1000ml, this shall be declared. |
| |Both the Shippers declaration and the container packing declaration must be signed and dated. |
| |There are also national and local regulations to be considered when preparing the Dangerous Goods Documentation, including but not limited to |
| |24Hr emergency telephone number and contact for shipments to / from the USA, Canada, Thailand, China and |
| |Australia, these are mandatory, however, where possible it is always useful to include for other destinations. |
| |For USA and Canada it is also necessary to include if applicable Reportable Quantity (RQ) and if poisonous by |
| |inhalation (PIH) the zone should also be included |
| |There may be other documentation required at time of booking, these will normally be documents as prescribed by the IMDG code, but may also |
| |include specific documents required by a local authority, e.g. weathering certificate, Competent Authority Approval, Certificate of Analysis or a|
| |gas free certificate to name a few. |
|What are the contents in the “container packing certificate” |CONTAINER/VEHICLE PACKING CERTIFICATE comes in the same document of DG declaration |
| |“I hereby declare that the goods described above have been packed/ loaded into the container/vehicle identified above in accordance with the |
| |applicable provisions.” |
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| |MUST BE COMPLETED AND SIGNED FOR ALLCONTAINER/VEHICLE LOADS BY PERSON |
| |RESPONSIBLE FOR PACKING/LOADING. |
|In which sides placards has to be pasted | |
|Two proper shipping names were given and asked to segregate them |* |
| |Refer to special provisions for Explosives ( Clause 7.2.7.2 of the IMDG Code ) |
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| |No segregation required except if specifically indicated in the Dangerous Goods List |
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| |1 = AWAY FROM |
| |Effectively segregated so that the incompatible goods cannot interact dangerously in the event of an accident but may be transported in the same |
| |compartment or hold or on deck , provided a minimum horizontal separation of 3 metres , projected vertically is obtained |
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| |2 = SEPARATED FROM |
| |In different compartments or holds when stowed under deck. Provided the intervening deck is resistant to fire and liquid, a vertical separation, |
| |i.e. in different compartments, may be accepted as equivalent to this segregation. For “ on deck ” stowage , this segregation means a separation |
| |by a distance of at least 6 metres horizontally |
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| |3 = SEPERATED BY A COMPLETE COMPARTMENT OR HOLD FROM |
| |Either a vertical or a horizontal separation. If the intervening decks are not resistant to fire and liquid, then only a longitudinal separation,|
| |i.e. by an intervening complete compartment or hold, is acceptable. For “on deck” stowage, this segregation means a separation by a distance of |
| |at least 12 metres horizontally. The same distance has to be applied if one package is stowed “ on deck “ , and the other one in an upper |
| |compartment |
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| |4 = SEPERATED LONGITUDINALLY BY AN INTERVENING COMPLETE COMPARTMENT OR HOLD FROM |
| |Vertical separation alone does not meet this requirement. Between a package “ under deck “ and one “ on deck “ a minimum distance of 24 metres, |
| |including |
| |a complete compartment, must be maintained longitudinally. For “ on deck “ stowage , this segregation means a separation by a distance of at |
| |least 24 metres |
| |longitudinally. |
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|If placards are missing in one visible side would you accept IMDG | |
|container | |
|Would you accept IMDG container if supplied with one only one document | |
|What are the contents in the shippers declaration in the IMDG |Basic details |
|declaration |No. and type of packages: 80 x 200 litre steel drums + net and gross mass |
| |Proper Shipping Name: Trichlorobutene |
| |Class: 6.1 Toxic |
| |Sub-risk: N/A |
| |UN Number: UN 2322 |
| |-Packing Group: II |
| |Marine Pollutant: Yes. |
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| |IMDG Declaration as it would appear on the shipper’s declaration: |
| |80 x 200 litre steel drums + net and gross mass |
| |TRICHLOROBUTENE |
| |Class 6.1 |
| |UN 2322 |
| |PG II |
| |Marine pollutant. |
|What will be your action if there is visible leakage in IMDG container |Refer to the supplementary of the code and fin out following |
|after several days of loading |EMS Guide |
| |Medical First Aid Guide |
| |Reporting Procedures |
|In a piece of paper he wrote UN number ask how to load this cargo. And | |
|ask to explain what are the risks involved and how they are marked | |
|What is subsidiary risk |If a DG has more than one risk it is said to have subsidiary risk. Details of this risk can be found by referring to the column 4 of the DG list |
|What is “limited Quantity” |It is the maximum quantity permitted in an inner packing container when transporting IMDG without applying to IMDG code. Only applied to the |
| |rules of 3.4 of the code |
|What is IBC in the IMDG code |Intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) means rigid or flexible portable packagings, other than specified in chapter 6.1 of IMDG Code (2004 Edition),|
| |that: |
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| |1. have a capacity of: |
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| |A. not more than 3.0 m3 (3,000 litres) for solids and liquids of packing groups II and III; |
| |B. not more than 1.5 m3 for solids of packing group I when packed in flexible, rigid plastics, composite, fibreboard or ?wooden IBCs; |
| |C. not more than 3.0 m3 for solids of packing group I when packed in metal IBCs; |
| |D. not more than 3.0 m3 for radioactive material of class 7; |
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| |2. are designed for mechanical handling; and |
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| |3. are resistant to the stresses produced in handling and transport, as determined by tests. |
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|What is the difference between main risk and subsidiary risk | |
| |UN Class |
| |Dangerous Goods |
| |Division(s) |
| |Classification |
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| |1 |
| |Explosives |
| |1.1 - 1.6 |
| |Explosive |
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| |2 |
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| |Gases |
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| |2.1 |
| |Flammable gas |
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| |2.2 |
| |Non-flammable, non-toxic gas |
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| |2.3 |
| |Toxic gas |
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| |3 |
| |Flammable liquid |
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| |Flammable liquid |
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| |4 |
| |Flammable solids |
| |4.1 |
| |Flammable solid |
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| |4.2 |
| |Spontaneously combustible substance |
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| |4.3 |
| |Substance which in contact with water emits flammable gas |
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| |5 |
| |Oxidising substances |
| |5.1 |
| |Oxidising substance |
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| |5.2 |
| |Organic peroxide |
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| |6 |
| |Toxic substances |
| |6.1 |
| |Toxic substance |
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| |6.2 |
| |Infectious substance |
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| |7 |
| |Radioactive material |
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| |Radioactive material |
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| |8 |
| |Corrosive substances |
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| |Corrosive substance |
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| |9 |
| |Miscellaneous dangerous goods |
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| |Miscellaneous dangerous goods |
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|What are The objective of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods | Enhance the safe transport of dangerous goods |
|(IMDG) Code |Protect the marine environment |
| |Facilitate the free unrestricted movement of dangerous goods |
|Updating the IMDG Code |Each version of the Code is given an Amendment |
| |number to signify how many times it has been updated. This number appears at the bottom of each page together with the year of the Amendment. |
| |The current Amendment is 33-06 which is valid until 31st December 2009. |
| |However, from 1st January 2009 Amendment 34-08 can also be used because 2009 is a transition year which allows the use of both Amendments in |
| |tandem. |
| |For full details and a tour of Amendment 34-08 please see |
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| |Each Amendment is valid for |
| |two years. |
| |There are alternating years for |
| |implementation. |
| |In January of the yellow years, |
| |a new Amendment is published |
| |and can be used immediately, |
| |subject to the timing of National |
| |Competent Authority adoption. |
| |During the yellow years, the |
| |preceding Amendment can also |
| |be used, so it is a transition year. |
| |In the green years, only the |
| |current Amendment may be |
| |used. |
|When two labels are pasted referring to two risks how you are going to | |
|identify which is major risk | |
|Explain how to refer IMDG code |Go to DG list in the volume 2 with the given UN number |
| |The DGL is presented across 2 pages of the IMDG Code and is divided into 18 columns for each individual dangerous good listed. |
| |Much of the information contained in the DGL is coded to make it easier to present in a table. |
| |The DGL is arranged in UN Number order; column 1 and column 18 contains the UN Number. |
| |To look up an entry, you just need the UN Number. |
| |Dangerous goods can also be searched using the PSN. |
| |Therefore, if you do not have the UN Number but have the |
| |PSN, you can find its associated UN Number by looking at |
| |the alphabetical index at the back of Volume 2. |
| |Column 1 – UN Number |
| |Contains the United Nations Number assigned by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UN List). |
| |Column 2 – Proper Shipping Name (PSN) |
| |Contains the Proper Shipping Names in upper case characters which may have to be followed by additional descriptive text in lower-case |
| |characters. |
| |Column 3 – Class or Division |
| |Contains the class and, in the case of class 1, the division and compatibility group. |
| |Column 4 – Subsidiary Risk(s) |
| |Contains the class number(s) of any subsidiary risk(s). This column also identifies a dangerous goods as a marine pollutant or a severe marine |
| |pollutant as follows: |
| |P Marine pollutant |
| |PP Severe marine pollutant |
| |● Marine pollutant only when containing 10% or more substance(s) identified with ‘P’ or 1% or more substance(s) identified with ‘PP’ in this |
| |column or in the Index. |
| |Column 5 – Packing Group |
| |Contains the packing group number (i.e. I, II or III) where assigned to the substance or article. |
| |Column 6 – Special Provisions |
| |Contains a number referring to any special provision(s) indicated in chapter 3.3. |
| |Column 7 – Limited Quantities |
| |Provides the maximum quantity per inner packaging. |
| |Column 8 – Packing Instructions |
| |Contains packing instructions for the transport of substances and articles. |
| |Column 9 – Special Packing Provisions |
| |Contains special packing provisions. |
| |Column 10 – IBC Packing Instructions |
| |Contains IBC instructions which indicate the type of IBC that can be used for the transport. A code including the letters ‘IBC’ refers to |
| |packing instructions for the use of IBCs described in chapter 6.5. |
| |Column 11 – IBC Special Provisions |
| |Refers to special packing provisions applicable to the use of packing instructions bearing the code ‘IBC’ in 4.1.4.2. |
| |Column 12 – IMO Tank Instructions |
| |This column only applies to IMO portable tanks and road tank vehicles. |
| |Column 13 – UN Tank and Bulk Container Instructions |
| |Contains T codes (see 4.2.5.2.6) applicable to the transport of dangerous goods in portable tanks and road tank vehicles. |
| |Column 14 – Tank Special Provisions |
| |Contains TP notes (see 4.2.5.3) applicable to the transport of dangerous goods in portable tanks and road road tank vehicles. The TP notes |
| |specified in this column apply to the portable tanks specified in both columns 12 and 13. |
| |Column 15 – EmS |
| |Refers to the relevant emergency schedules for FIRE and SPILLAGE in ‘The EmS Guide – Emergency Response Procedures for Ships Carrying Dangerous |
| |Goods’. |
| |Column 16 – Stowage and Segregation |
| |Contains the stowage and segregation provisions as prescribed in part 7. |
| |Column 17 – Properties and Observations |
| |Contains properties and observations on the dangerous goods listed. |
| |Column 18 – UN Number |
| |Contains the United Nations Number assigned to a dangerous good by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods |
| |(UN List). |
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| |The hazard presented by each class is identified by an internationally accepted hazard warning label (diamond). This appears on the outer |
| |packaging of the dangerous goods when they are being transported as a warning to all those working within the transport chain or coming into |
| |contact with them. These hazard warning labels are pictured inside the front cover of Volume 1 of the IMDG Code. |
| |Within each of the 9 hazard classes dangerous goods are uniquely identified by two pieces of information: |
| |A four-digit number known as the UN Number which is |
| |preceded by the letters UN. |
| |The corresponding Proper Shipping Name (PSN). |
| |For example, kerosene is identified in the IMDG Code by its UN Number UN 1223 and the PSN Kerosene. |
| |Packing groups are used for the purpose of determining the degree of protective packaging required for Dangerous Goods during transportation. |
| |Group I: great danger, and most protective packaging required |
| |Group II: medium danger |
| |Group III: least danger among regulated goods, and least protective packaging within the transportation requirements |
|What are the new amendments to the IMDG code |Summary of changes in Amendment 34-08 |
| |Amendment 34-08 becomes mandatory on 01 January 2010. |
| |There are many detailed changes throughout the text of amendment 34, but for information the main changes are:- |
| |Additional items in the Dangerous Goods List |
| |i) There are 12 new UN numbers going up to 3481, with explosives going up to 0508. |
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| |New UN numbers added in Amendment 34-08 |
| |0506 |
| |SIGNALS, DISTRESS, ship |
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| |0506 |
| |SIGNALS, DISTRESS, ship |
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| |0507 |
| |SIGNALS, SMOKE |
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| |0508 |
| |1-HYDROXYBENZOTRIAZOLE, ANHYDROUS |
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| |3474 |
| |1-HYDROXYBENZOTRIAZOLE, ANHYDROUS, WETTED with not less than 20% water, by mass |
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| |3475 |
| |ETHANOL AND GASOLINE MIXTURE or ETHANOL AND MOTOR SPIRIT MIXTURE or ETHANOL AND PETROL MIXTURE, with more than 10% ethanol |
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| |3476 |
| |FUEL CELL CARTRIDGES or FUEL CELL CARTRIDGES CONTAINED IN EQUIPMENT or FUEL CELL CARTRIDGES PACKED WITH EQUIPMENT, containing water-reactive |
| |substances |
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| |3477 |
| |FUEL CELL CARTRIDGES or FUEL CELL CARTRIDGES CONTAINED IN EQUIPMENT or FUEL CELL CARTRIDGES PACKED WITH EQUIPMENT, containing corrosive |
| |substances |
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| |3478 |
| |FUEL CELL CARTRIDGES or FUEL CELL CARTRIDGES CONTAINED IN EQUIPMENT or FUEL CELL CARTRIDGES PACKED WITH EQUIPMENT, containing liquefied flammable|
| |gas |
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| |3479 |
| |FUEL CELL CARTRIDGES or FUEL CELL CARTRIDGES CONTAINED IN EQUIPMENT or FUEL CELL CARTRIDGES PACKED WITH EQUIPMENT, containing hydrogen in metal |
| |hydride |
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| |3480 |
| |LITHIUM ION BATTERIES |
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| |3481 |
| |LITHIUM ION BATTERIES CONTAINED IN EQUIPMENT or LITHIUM ION BATTERIES PACKED WITH EQUIPMENT |
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| |ii) There are also 5 UN numbers which were previously not listed in the IMDG Code because they were not regulated under it, but are now shown |
| |with the observation "Not subject to the provisions of this Code but may be subject to provisions governing the transport of dangerous goods by |
| |other modes.". This could be useful when a shipment needs to be labelled as hazardous at some other stage of its journey. |
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| |UN Numbers not previously listed in IMDG but have been included in Amendment 34-08 |
| |1910 |
| |CALCIUM OXIDE |
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| |2807 |
| |MAGNETIZED MATERIAL |
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| |2812 |
| |SODIUM ALUMINATE, SOLID |
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| |3166 |
| |ENGINE, INTERNAL COMBUSTION or VEHICLE, FLAMMABLE GAS POWERED or VEHICLE, FLAMMABLE LIQUID POWERED |
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| |3171 |
| |BATTERY-POWERED VEHICLE or BATTERY-POWERED EQUIPMENT |
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| |Training |
| |Appropriate training for shore-side staff involved with dangerous goods is now mandatory instead of just recommended, and may be audited by the |
| |competent authority. Persons not yet trained may only operate under the direct supervision of a trained person. See 1.3.1.1. IMDG Code e-learning|
| |is a new training tool for shore-side staff involved in Dangerous Goods handling and transport. It is designed to support cost-effective |
| |compliance for all shore-side sectors. |
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| |Marine pollutant |
| |The concept of a severe marine pollutant PP is deleted; they are just designated as P. The marine pollutant 'bullet' symbol is also deleted, but |
| |a shipper will still need to declare any consignment as being a marine pollutant if it meets the criteria. There is a new section 2.9.3 |
| |describing these, and chapter 2.10 is rewritten. The new marine pollutant label is a dead tree and dead fish. |
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| |IMO tank instructions |
| |The IMO tank instruction column disappears from the Dangerous Goods List because the transitional provisions on their use will have expired by |
| |the time this amendment becomes mandatory on 1/1/2010. |
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| |Excepted quantities |
| |There is a new column 7b in the Dangerous Goods List for excepted quantities. These are small amounts, up to 30g or 30ml per inner package, 1kg |
| |per outer package. These are subject only to the rules of the new chapter 3.5, part 2 (classification) and some sections of 4.1 (packing) and 5.4|
| |(documentation). They will be labelled with an 'excepted quantity' label and the class number. The dangerous goods form shall state the words |
| |"dangerous goods in excepted quantities" together with the description of the shipment. An entry E0 in column 7b indicates that a substance may |
| |not be transported in excepted quantities. Codes E1 to E5 indicate different quantity limits according to a table in chapter 3.5. The total |
| |number of excepted quantity packages in a CTU shall not exceed 1000. |
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| |Limited quantities |
| |For a substance not permitted in limited quantities, the column 7a entry "None" becomes "0". |
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| |Radioactive materials of class 7 |
| |For class 7 radioactives, chapter 2.7 is completely rewritten, and there is a new chapter 1.5, 'general provisions concerning class 7'. |
| |Aerosols or aerosol dispensers means non-refillable receptacles meeting the provisions of 6.2.2 of IMDG Code (2004 Edition), made of metal, glass|
| |or plastics and containing a gas compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure, with or without a liquid, paste or powder, and fitted with a |
| |release device allowing the contents to be ejected as solid or liquid particles in suspension in a gas, as a foam, paste or powder or in a |
| |gaseous state. |
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| |Bags means flexible packagings made of paper, plastic film, textiles, woven material, or other suitable materials. |
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| |Barge-carrying ship means a ship specially designed and equipped to transport shipborne barges. |
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| |Barge feeder vessel means a vessel specially designed and equipped to transport shipborne barges to or from a barge-carrying ship. |
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| |Boxes means packagings with complete rectangular or polygonal faces made of metal, wood, plywood, reconstituted wood, fibreboard, plastics, or |
| |other suitable material. Small holes for purposes such as ease of the handling or opening of the box or to meet classification provisions are |
| |permitted as long as they do not compromise the integrity of the packaging during transport. |
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| |Bulk packagings means cargo transport units loaded with solid dangerous goods without any intermediate form of containment. |
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| |Cargo transport unit means a road freight vehicle, a railway freight wagon, a freight container, a road tank vehicle, a railway tank wagon or a |
| |portable tank. |
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| |Carrier means any person, organization or Government undertaking the transport of dangerous goods by any means of transport. The term includes |
| |both carriers for hire or reward (known as common or contract carriers in some countries) and carriers on own account (known as private carriers |
| |in some countries). |
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| |Cellular ship means a ship in which containers are loaded under desk into specially designed slots giving a permanent stowage of the container |
| |during sea transport. Containers loaded on deck in such a ship are specially stacked and secured on fittings. |
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| |Closed cargo transport unit, with the exception of class 1, means a unit which totally encloses the contents by permanent structures. Cargo |
| |transport units with fabric sides or tops are not closed cargo transport units; for definition of class 1 cargo transport unit see 7.1.7.1.1 of |
| |IMDG Code (2004 Edition). |
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| |Closed ro-ro cargo space means a ro-ro cargo space which is neither an open ro-ro cargo space nor a weather deck. |
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| |Closure means a device which closes an opening in a receptacle. |
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| |Combination packagings means a combination of packagings for transport purposes, consisting of one or more inner packagings secured in an outer |
| |packaging in accordance with 4.1.1.5 of IMDG Code (2004 Edition). |
| |? |
| |Competent authority means any national regulatory body or authority designated or otherwise recognized as such for any purpose in connection with|
| |IMDG Code (2004 Edition). |
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| |Compliance assurance means a systematic programme of measures applied by a competent authority which is aimed at ensuring that the provisions of |
| |IMDG Code (2004 Edition) concerning the transport of radioactive material are met in practice; see paragraph 1.1.3.3.2 of IMDG Code (2004 |
| |Edition). |
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| |Composite packagings means packagings consisting of an outer packaging and an inner receptacle so constructed that the inner receptacle and the |
| |outer packaging form an integral packaging. Once assembled, it remains thereafter an integrated single unit; it is filled, stored, transported |
| |and emptied as such. |
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| |Consignee means any person, organization or Government which is entitled to take delivery of a consignment. |
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| |Consignment means any package or packages, or load of dangerous goods, presented by a consignor for transport. |
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| |Consignor means any person, organization or Government which prepares a consignment for transport. |
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| |Control temperature means the maximum temperature at which certain substances (such as organic peroxides and self-reactive and related |
| |substances) can be safely transported during a prolonged period of time. |
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| |Conveyance means: |
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| |1. for transport by road or rail: any vehicle, |
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| |2. for transport by water: any ship, or any cargo space or defined deck area of a ship, |
| |? |
| |3. for transport by air: any aircraft. |
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| |Crates are outer packagings with incompletes surfaces. |
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| |Defined deck area means the area, or the weather deck of a ship, or of a vehicle deck of a roll-on/roll-off ship, which is allocated for the |
| |stowage of dangerous goods. |
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| |Drums means flat-ended or convex-ended cylindrical packagings made of metal, fibreboard, plastics, plywood or other suitable materials. This |
| |definition also includes packagings of other shapes, such as round taper-necked packagings, or pail-shaped packagings. Wooden barrels and |
| |jerricans are not covered by this definition. |
| |? |
| |Emergency temperature means the temperature at which emergency procedures should be implemented. |
| |? |
| |Flashpoint means the lowest temperature of a liquid at which its vapour forms an ignitable mixture with air. |
| |? |
| |Freight container means an article of transport equipment that is of a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for |
| |repeated use; specially designed to facilitate the transport of goods, by one or more modes of transport, without intermediate reloading; |
| |designed to be secured and/or readily handled, having fittings for these purposes, and approved in accordance with the International Convention |
| |for Safe Containers (CSC), 1972, as amended. The term “freight container” includes neither vehicle nor packaging. However, a freight container |
| |that is carried on a chassis is included. For freight containers for radioactive material, see 2.7.2 of IMDG Code (2004 Edition). |
| |? |
| |IMO type 4 tank means a road tank vehicle for the transport of dangerous goods of classes 3 to 9 and includes a semi-trailer with a permanently |
| |attached tank or a tank attached to a chassis, with at least four twist locks that account of ISO standards, (i.e. ISO International Standard |
| |1161:1984). |
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| |IMO type 6 tank means a road tank vehicle for the transport of non-refrigerated liquefied gases of class 2 and includes a semi-trailer with a |
| |permanently attached tank or a tank attached to a chassis which is fitted with items of service equipment and structural equipment necessary for |
| |the transport of gases. |
| |? |
| |IMO type 8 tank means a road tank vehicle for the transport of refrigerated liquefied gases of class 2 and includes a semi-trailer with a |
| |permanently attached thermally insulated tank fitted with items of service equipment and structural equipment necessary for the transport of |
| |refrigerated liquefied gases. |
| |? |
| |Inner packagings means packagings for which an outer packaging is required for transport. |
| |? |
| |Inner receptacles means receptacles which require an outer packaging in order to perform their containment function. |
| |? |
| |Intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) means rigid or flexible portable packagings, other than specified in chapter 6.1 of IMDG Code (2004 Edition),|
| |that: |
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| |1. have a capacity of: |
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| |A. not more than 3.0 m3 (3,000 litres) for solids and liquids of packing groups II and III; |
| |B. not more than 1.5 m3 for solids of packing group I when packed in flexible, rigid plastics, composite, fibreboard or |
| |??wooden IBCs; |
| |C. not more than 3.0 m3 for solids of packing group I when packed in metal IBCs; |
| |D. not more than 3.0 m3 for radioactive material of class 7; |
| |? |
| |2. are designed for mechanical handling; and |
| |? |
| |3. are resistant to the stresses produced in handling and transport, as determined by tests. |
| |? |
| |Intermediate packagings means packagings placed between inner packagings, or articles, and an outer packaging. |
| |? |
| |Jerricans means metal or plastics packagings of rectangular of polygonal cross-section. |
| |? |
| |Large packagings means packagings consisting of an outer packaging which contains articles of inner packagings and which: |
| |? |
| |1. are designed for mechanical handling; and |
| |? |
| |2. exceed 400 kg net mass or 450l capacity but have a volume of not more than 3 m3. |
| |? |
| |Liner means a separate tube or bag inserted into a packaging (including IBCs and large packagings), but not forming an integral part of it, |
| |including the closures of its openings. |
| |? |
| |Liquids means, unless there is an explicit or implicit indication to the contrary, dangerous goods with a melting point or initial melting point |
| |of 20 ℃ or lower at a pressure of 101.3 kPa. A viscous substance for which a specific melting point cannot be determined should be subjected to |
| |the ASTM D 4359-90 test, or to the test for determining fluidity (penetrometer test) prescribed in Appendix A.3 of Annex A of the European |
| |Agreement concerning the International Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) with the modifications that the penetrometer should conform to |
| |ISO 2137:1985 and that the test should be used for viscous substances of any class. |
| |? |
| |Long international voyage means an international voyage that is not a short international voyage. |
| |? |
| |Manual of Tests and Criteria means the United Nations publication entitled “Recommendations of the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Manual of Tests |
| |and Criteria” as amended. |
| |? |
| |Maximum capacity as used in 6.1.4 of IMDG Code (2004 Edition) means the maximum inner volume of receptacles or packagings expressed in litres. |
| |? |
| |Maximum net mass as used in 6.1.4 of IMDG Code (2004 Edition) means the maximum net mass of contents in a single packaging or maximum combined |
| |mass of inner packagings and the contents thereof and is expressed in kilograms. |
| |? |
| |Open cargo transport unit means a unit which is not a closed cargo transport unit. |
| |? |
| |Open ro-ro cargo space means a ro-ro cargo space either opens at both ends, or opens at one end and provided with adequate natural ventilation |
| |effective over its entire length through permanent openings in the side plating or deckhead to the satisfaction of the Administration. |
| |? |
| |Outer packaging means the outer protection of a composite or combination packaging together with any absorbent materials, cushioning and any |
| |other components necessary to contain and protect inner receptacles or inner packagings. |
| |? |
| |Overpack means an enclosure used by a single consignor to contain one or more packagings and to form one unit for the convenience of handling and|
| |stowage during transport. Examples of overpacks are a number of packages either: |
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| |1. placed or stacked on to a load board, such as a pallet, and secured by strapping, shring-wrapping, stretch-wrapping, |
| |??or other suitable means; or |
| |? |
| |2. placed in a protective outer packaging, such as a box or crate. |
| |? |
| |Overstowed means that a package or container is directly stowed on top of another. |
| |? |
| |Packages means the complete product of the packing operation, consisting of the packaging and its contents prepared for transport. For packages |
| |for radioactive material, see 2.7.2 of IMDG Code (2004 Edition). |
| |? |
| |Packaging means receptacles and any other components or materials necessary for the receptacle to perform its containment function. For |
| |packagings for radioactive material, see 2.7.2 of IMDG Code (2004 Edition). |
| |? |
| |Quality assurance means a systematic programme of controls and inspections applied by any organization or body which is aimed at providing |
| |adequate confidence that the standard of safety prescribed in IMDG Code (2004 Edition) is achieved in practice. For radioactive material, see |
| |1.1.3.3.1 of IMDG Code (2004 Edition). |
| |? |
| |Reconditioned packagings include: |
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| |1. metal drums that: |
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| |A. are cleaned to original materials of construction, with all former contents, internal and external corrosion, and external |
| |??coatings and labels removed; |
| |B. are restored to original shape and contour, with chimes (if any) straightened and sealed, and all non-integral gaskets |
| |??replaced; and |
| |C. are inspected after cleaning but before painting, with rejection of packagings with visible pitting, significant reduction in |
| |??material thickness, metal fatigue, damaged threads or closures, or other significant defects; |
| |? |
| |2. plastic drums and jerricans that: |
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| |A. are cleaned to original materials of construction, with all former contents, external coatings and labels removed; |
| |B. have all non-integral gaskets replaced; and |
| |C. are inspected after cleaning, with rejection of packagings with visible damage such as tears, creases or cracks, or |
| |??damaged threads or closures, or other significant defects. |
| |? |
| |Recycled plastics material means material recovered from used industrial packagings that has been cleaned and prepared for processing into new |
| |packagings. The specific properties of the recycled material used for production of new packagings should be assured and documented regularly as |
| |part of a quality assurance programme recognized by the competent authority. The quality assurance programme should include a record of proper |
| |pre-sorting and verification that each batch of recycled plastics material has the proper melt flow rate, density, and tensile yield strength, |
| |consistent with that of the design type manufactured from such recycled material. This necessarily includes knowledge about the packaging |
| |material from which the recycled plastics have been derived, as well as awareness of the prior contents of those packagings if those prior |
| |contents might reduce the capability of new packagings produced using that material. In addition, the packaging manufacturer's quality assurance |
| |programme under 6.1.1.4 of IMDG Code (2004 Edition) should include performance of the mechanical design type test in 6.1.5 of IMDG Code (2004 |
| |Edition) on packagings manufactured from each batch of recycled plastics material. In this testing, stacking performance may be verified by |
| |appropriate dynamic compression testing rather than static load testing. |
| |? |
| |Remanufactured packagings include: |
| |? |
| |1. metal drums: |
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| |A. are produced as a UN type from a non-UN type; |
| |B. are converted from one UN type to another UN type; or |
| |C. undergo the replacement of integral structural components (such as non-removable heads); or |
| |? |
| |2. plastic drums that: |
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| |A. are converted form one UN type to another UN type (such as 1H1 to1H2); or |
| |B. undergo the replacement or integral structural components. |
| |? |
| |Remanufactured drums are subject to the same provisions of IMDG Code (2004 Edition) that apply to a new drum of the same type. |
| |? |
| |Re-used packagings means packagings to be refilled which have been examined and found free of defects affecting the ability to withstand the |
| |performance tests; the term includes those which are refilled with the same or similar compatible contents and are transported within |
| |distribution chains controlled by the consignor of the product. |
| |? |
| |Road tank vehicle means a vehicle equipped with a tank with a capacity of more than 450 litres, fitted with pressure-relief devices. The tank of |
| |a road tank vehicle is attached to the vehicle during normal operations of filling, discharge and transport and is neither filled nor discharged |
| |on board. A road tank vehicle is driven on board on its own wheels and is fitted with permanent tie-down attachments for securement on board the |
| |ship. Road tank vehicles should comply with the provisions of chapter 6.8 of IMDG Code (2004 Edition). |
| |? |
| |Ro-ro cargo space means spaces not normally subdivided in any way and extending to either a substantial length or the entire length of the ship |
| |in which goods (packaged or in bulk, in or on rail or road cars, vehicles (including road or rail tankers), trailers, containers, pallets, |
| |demountable tanks or in or on similar stowage units or other receptacles) can be loaded and unloaded normally in a horizontal direction. |
| |? |
| |Ro-ro ship (roll-on/roll-off ship) means a ship which has one or more decks, either closed or open, not normally subdivided in any way and |
| |generally running the entire length of the ship, carrying goods which are normally loaded and unloaded in a horizontal direction. |
| |? |
| |Salvage packagings means special packagings conforming to the applicable provisions of IMDG Code (2004 Edition) into which damaged, defective or |
| |leaking dangerous goods packages, or dangerous goods that have spilled or leaked are placed, for the purposes of transport, recovery or disposal.|
| |? |
| |Self-accelerating decomposition temperature (SADT) means the lowest temperature at which self-accelerating decomposition may occur for a |
| |substance in the packaging as used in transport. The self-accelerating decomposition temperature (SADT) should be determined in accordance with |
| |the latest version of the United Nations Manual of Tests and Criteria. |
| |? |
| |Shipborne barge or barge means an independent, non-self propelled vessel, specially designed and equipped to be lifted in a loaded condition and |
| |stowed aboard a barge-carrying ship or barge feeder vessel. |
| |? |
| |Shipment means the specific movement of a consignment from origin to destination. |
| |? |
| |Shipper, for the purpose of IMDG Code (2004 Edition), has the same meaning as consignor. |
| |? |
| |Short international voyage means an international voyage in the course of which a ship is not more than 200 miles from a port or place in which |
| |the passengers and crew could be placed in safety. Neither the distance between the last port of call in the country in which the voyage begins |
| |and final port of destination nor the return voyage should exceed 600 miles. The final port of destination is the last port of call in the |
| |scheduled voyage at which the ship commences its return voyage to the country in which the voyage began. |
| |? |
| |Sift-proof packagings are packagings impermeable to dry contents, including fine solid material produced during transport. |
| |? |
| |Solid bulk cargo means any material, other than liquid or gas, consisting of a combination of particles, granules or any lager pieces of |
| |material, generally uniform in composition, which is loaded directly into the cargo spaces of a ship without any intermediate form of containment|
| |(this includes a material loaded in a barge o a barge-carrying ship). |
| |? |
| |Solids are dangerous goods, other than gases, that do not meet the definition of liquids in IMDG Code (2004 Edition). |
| |? |
| |Special category space means an enclosed space, above or below deck, intended for the transport of motor vehicles with fuel in their tanks of |
| |their own propulsion, into and from which such vehicles can be driven and to which passengers have access. |
| |? |
| |Tank means a portable tank (including a tank-container), a road tank vehicle, a rail tank wagon or a receptacle with a capacity of not less than |
| |450 litres to contain solids, liquids, or liquefied gases. |
| |? |
| |Transboundary movement of wastes means any shipment of wastes from an area under the national jurisdiction of one country to or through an area |
| |under the national jurisdiction of any country, or to or through an area not under the national jurisdiction of any country, provided at least |
| |two countries are concerned by the movement. |
| |? |
| |Unit load means that a number of packages are either: |
| |? |
| |1. placed or stacked on and secured by strapping, shrink-wrapping, or other suitable means to a load board, such as a |
| |??pallet; |
| |? |
| |2. placed in a protective outer enclosure, such as a pallet box; |
| |? |
| |3. Permanently secured together in a sling. |
| |? |
| |Vehicle means a road vehicle (including an articulated vehicle, i.e. a tractor and semi-trailer combination) or railroad car or railway wagon. |
| |Each trailer should be considered as separate vehicle. |
| |? |
| |Wastes means substances, solutions, mixtures, or articles containing or contaminated with one or more constituents which are subject to the |
| |provisions of IMDG Code (2004 Edition) and for which no direct use is envisaged but which are transported for dumping, incineration, or other |
| |methods of disposal. |
| |? |
| |Water-reactive means a substance which, in contact with water, emits flammable gas. |
| |? |
| |Weather deck means a deck which is completely exposed to the weather from above and from at least two sides. |
| |? |
| |Wooden barrels means packagings made of natural wood, of round cross-section, having convex walls, consisting of stave and heads and fitted with |
| |hoops. |
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