Legal status of IMDG code
- The IMDG code is a legal document under chapter VII part a of SOLAS 1974 as amended.
- Regulation VII/1.3 prohibits the carriage of dangerous goods by sea except when carried in accordance with the IMDG code.
- MARPOL 73/78, annex III, regulation 1(2) prohibits the carriage of harmful substances in ships except when carried in accordance with the IMDG code.
Application and implementation of IMDG Code
The provisions contained in this Code are applicable to all ships to which the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS 74), as amended, applies and which are carrying dangerous goods as defined in regulation 1 of part A of chapter VII of that Convention.
The provisions of regulation II-2/19 of that Convention apply to passenger ships and to cargo ships constructed on or after 1 July 2002. For:
”6.INF code – International code for the safe carriage of packaged irradiated nuclear fuel ,
7.plutonium and high level radioactive waves on board ships.”
this is comes under the topic of ”What is International Maritime Dangerous Goods or IMDG code?”
6 and 7 should me a one line also instead of waves it shall be corrected as wastes
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