What is International Maritime Dangerous Goods or IMDG code?

Class 2: Gases

Class 2.1: flammable gases
Class 2.2: non-flammable, non-toxic gases
Class 2.3: toxic gases

Class 3: Flammable liquids
Class 4: Flammable solids; substances liable to spontaneous combustion; substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases

Class 4.1: flammable solids, self-reactive substances and solid desensitized explosives
Class 4.2: substances liable to spontaneous combustion
Class 4.3: substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases.

Class 5: Oxidizing substances and organic peroxides

Class 5.1: oxidizing substances
Class 5.2: organic peroxides

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  • ”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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