- A passenger ship constructed on or after 1 September 1984 but before 1 July 2002; or
- A cargo ship of 500 gross tons or over constructed on or after 1 September 1984 but before 1 July 2002; or
- A cargo ship of less than 500 gross tons constructed on or after 1 February 1992 but before 1 July 2002,
- For cargo ships of less than 500 gross tons constructed on or after 1 September 1984 and before 1 February 1992, it is recommended that Contracting Governments extend such application to these cargo ships as far as possible.
- All ships, irrespective of type and size, carrying substances, material or articles identified in this Code as marine pollutants are subject to the provisions of this Code.
The aim of IMDG code are :
- To regulate the transport by sea of dangerous goods to reasonably prevent injury to person or damage to the ship.
- To regulate transport by sea of marine pollutant to prevent harm to the marine environment.
The contents of IMDG code:-
The code is composed of 7 parts. The code is presented in two books, volume 1 and volume 2
It is necessary to use both books to obtain the required information when shipping dangerous goods by sea.
”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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