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The liquid cargo data set containing information on some 260 individual cargoes. Guidance has been updated and more cargo entries added.
A Group B cargo is one which possesses a chemical hazard which could give rise to a dangerous situation on a ship.
There are solid bulk cargoes that are commonly transported by bulk carriers and yet many members are not familiar with the dangers that are associated with them. BIMCO provides timely information and advice on cargoes like iron ore fines, bauxite as well as cargoes that are capable of causing oxygen depletion in cargo spaces and adjacent spaces.
A Group A cargo is one which possesses a hazard due to moisture that may result in liquefaction or dynamic separation if shipped at a moisture content in excess of its transportable moisture limit.
BIMCO has received some enquiries relating to two cargoes: wood pulp and pulp wood. Are they different, or the same? And are fixed CO 2 fittings on ships required to carry these cargoes?
BIMCO gets enquiries often in relation to the classification group and carriage requirements of solid bulk cargoes that are not listed in the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes ( IMSBC) Code. BIMCO provides guidance and the course of action required in such cases leading up to having the cargo listed in the IMSBC Code.
BIMCO representatives from the Maritime Information Department have attended the 5th session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (CCC 5), held at the IMO London headquarters from 10 to 14 September 2018.
The BIMCO online liquid cargo database is intended for use by for shore-side staff and to some extent for newcomers on board tankers , solely as a reference tool providing general information for some 270 of the most transported liquid cargoes from 1,1-Dichloropropane to Zinc alkaryl dithiophosphate (C7-C16) .
Accidents including fatalities continue to occur in the cargo holds and adjacent spaces of ships carrying solid bulk cargoes and this is a timely reminder to members about the dangers of entry into enclosed spaces.
The cargo information and declaration form for the use of cargoes under the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code has been revised to align with certain SOLAS regulations.
