The Code of Safe Practice for Ships Carrying Timber Deck Cargoes, 2011 (2011 TDC Code) was adopted by resolution A.1048(27) at the twenty-seventh session of IMO's Assembly in November 2011. This Code revises and updates the previous Code adopted in 1991 by resolution A.715(17). The 2011 TDC Code is non-mandatory and applies to all ships of 24 m or more in length carrying a timber deck cargo.…
This publication contains the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (BCH Code) and information related to that Code. The Code was originally adopted in 1971 and was altered by a series of amendments between 1972 and 1983 before an amended version was adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) in 1985 and by the Maritime Safety C…
This edition incorporates amendments to the Convention on the International Maritime Organization up to December 2009. It also includes amendments to the Rules of Procedure of : The Assembly up to December 2009; The Council up to July 2009; The Maritime Safety Committee up to June 2009; The Legal Committee up to April 2009; The Marine Environment Protection Committee up to March 2010; T…
This publication presents the CSS Code, as amended. The most recent amendment, approved at the eighty-seventh session of the Maritime Safety Commitee (12 to 21 May 2010), include a new annex 14 on Guidance on providing safe working conditions for securing of containers on deck. Also include are: Revised Guidelines for for the preparation of the Cargo Securing Manual, approved in May 2010. E…
This publication presents engineering specifications for fire safety equipment and systems required by SOLAS chapter II-2 concerning: Intenational shore connections personnel protection Fire extinguishers Fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems Fixed foam fire-extinguishing systems Fixed pressure water-spraying and water mist fire-extinguishing systems Automatic sprinkler, fire detection …
The International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMGD) Code lays out the regulatory framework for all aspects of handling dangerous goods and marine pollutants in sea transport, Since it was Firs published in 1965, the Code has undergone many changes, in both format and content, in order to keep up with the rapid expansion of the shipping industry. Amendment 39-18 includes revisions to various se…
Both the safety of shipping and the cleanliness of oceans are promoted in many ways, one of which is the continuing development of routeing measures to control the navigation of vessels and to monitor their progress. The measure that are described or defined in parts A and H of this publication are individually described in parts B (traffic separation schemes and inshore traffic zones), C (dee…