To reflect the continual development of the shipping industry as new products enter
the market and to include the new provisions of the United Nations Recommendations,
the International Maritime Organization published Amendment 30 to the IMDG
Code. Besides these content updates, the previous five volumes of the code have
been rearranged into two volumes and simplified for use.
DANGEROUS GOODS AT SEA - PART ONE: THE IMDG CODE (EDITION 5)
Code No 712
Time: 24 Mins
Volume One of the Code is introduced, showing the scope and coverage of the Code
in Parts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7. (Part 3 is in Volume 2).
Similarly, Volume Two of the Code is introduced. This contains Part 3 of the Code,
two Appendices and the Index of Dangerous Goods. The new Supplement to the
IMDG Code, which contains the Emergency Procedures and the new Medical First
Aid Guide, is introduced. The Supplement also contains Reporting Procedures,
Packing Cargo Transport Units, the Safe Use of Pesticides in Ships and the
International Code for the Safe Carriage of Packaged Irradiated Nuclear Fuel,
Plutonium and high level radioactive wastes.
Finally there is an Appendix with Resolutions and Circulars referred to in the IMDG
Code. The video then takes the trainee through each stage of use of the new volumes
from shipper, shipping company and ship’s staff, illustrating the position of the
relevant data in each case. The critical new concept is the use of the UN number of
the cargo which leads the user to the List of Dangerous Goods and all the
requirements relating to that cargo.
DANGEROUS GOODS AT SEA - PART TWO: EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED (EDITION 5)
Code No 713
Time: 20 Mins
We demonstrate the use of the new volumes of the IMDG Code, including the
Supplement, showing how the Code is navigated to find the necessary information to
deal with any emergency, based on the Dangerous Goods Manifest and the Stowage
Plan or Bay Plan.
Next, the video shows an emergency exercise on board a Ro-Ro ship where both the
ship’s personnel and the shore authorities are involved in dealing with a spillage
incident in harbour. In another exercise, a fire in a container involving dangerous
goods is successfully extinguished.
Code No 712
Time: 24 Mins