What is International Maritime Dangerous Goods or IMDG code?

June 29, 2016

1 Comment

6,220 Views

Class 6: Toxic and infectious substances

Class 6.1: toxic substances
Class 6.2: infectious substances

Class 7: Radioactive material

Class 8: Corrosive substances

Class 9: Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles

The numerical order of the classes and divisions is not that of the degree of danger

Class 10: Marine pollutants

Marine pollutants shall be classified in accordance with chapter 2.9.3 in IMDG Code.

The documents required for carriage of IMDG cargo are :-

Shipping declaration
Document of compliance
Dangerous goods menifest

Page 7 of 7 Prev Next

About the author

Amit Sharma

Graduated from M.E.R.I. Mumbai (Mumbai University), After a brief sailing founded this website with the idea to bring the maritime education online which must be free and available for all at all times and to find basic solutions that are of extreme importance to a seafarer by our innovative ideas.

View all posts

1 Comment

prabuddha hettiarachchi says:

August 29, 2017 at 11:25 pm

”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

this is really very a helpful site
thankz

Reply

About Us

Marinegyaan.com is not just another website; it’s a mission to create World’s Biggest Online Marine Encyclopedia for the World and to find solutions that are of extreme importance to all seafarers across the globe.

Marine Gyaan Encyclopedia is a free online resource aims to document all maritime subjects and queries to replace bulky reference books. It is a benevolent reference work for Maritime community in an exhaustive manner. Our encyclopedia covers a great collection of study materials and detailed notes in subjects such as Navigation, Cargo work, Ship operation technology, Meteorology, ROR and Ship Stability etc. Searchable index include more than 2000 nautical topics in expected MMD written and oral exams with pinpoint answer, making our site a good all around tool for MMD exams preparation.

The collaborative and constantly updated encyclopedia is free for everyone to use and perfect for candidate who are preparing for MMD written or oral exams such as Second mate, Chief mate or Masters. All of the entries have been written and approved by actual scholars, which means you won’t have a problem when it comes time to cite sources. In addition to our massive store of reference material for fellow mariners, we are providing online bookings for various Maritime courses in maritime institutes across India.