Both SOLAS and MARPOL refer to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, which was developed by IMO as a uniform international code for the transport of dangerous goods by sea.
APPLICATION: Apply to all ships carrying harmful substances in packaged form.
Annex III regulations:
- Application
- Packing
- Marking & Labelling
- Documentation
- Stowage
- Quantity Limitations
- Exceptions
- Port state control on operational requirements.
- Marine pollutant.
DEFINITIONS
New Ship: A ship for which the building contract is placed or the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar state of construction on or after 27 sept, 2003.
Harmful Substances: are those substances which are identified as marine pollutants in the IMDG Code.
Existing ship: mans a ship which is built before 27 sept, 2003.