IMSBC ( International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes ) Code

Content :

Section 1   : General provisions and definitions

Section 2   : General loading, carriage and unloading precautions

Section 3   : Safety of personnel and ship

Section 4   : Assessment of acceptability of consignments for safe shipment

Section 5   : Trimming procedures

Section 6   : Methods of determining angle of repose

Section 7   : Cargoes that may liquefy

Section 8   : Test procedures for cargoes that may liquefy

Section 9   : Materials possessing chemical hazards

Section 10 : Carriage of solid bulk wastes

Section 11 : Security provisions

Section 12 : Stowage factor conversion tables

Section 13 : References

Appendix 1 : Individual schedules of solid bulk cargoes

→ Name

→ Description

→ Characteristics

→ Hazard

→ Precautions

→ Loading

→ Stowage and Segregation

→ Hold Cleanliness

→ Carriage

→ Weather Precautions

→ Ventilation

→ Discharge

→ Clean-up

→ Emergency Procedures

            → Special Emergency Equipment to be carried

           → Emergency Procedures

           → Emergency Action in Event Of fire

           → Medical First Aid

Appendix 2 : Laboratory test procedures, associated apparatus and standards

Appendix 3 : Properties of solid bulk cargoes

Appendix 4 : Index of solid bulk cargoes