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CARRIAGE
DANGEROUS GOODS
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Introduction
CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUSCARGOES
Life
Ship
Environment
How to handle dangerous cargoes ?
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Introduction
SOLAS 74 Ch. VII
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International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
1929 SOLAS Conference
1948 adopted by SOLAS Conference
1956 UN Committee of Experts report
1965 approved by MSC(maritime safetycommittee)
25.may 1980MARPOL 73 annex III
Introduction
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Introduction International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
Orange Book
23.May, 2000 (amendment 30)
Enter into force from 1. January, 2001
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Volume I
Volume II
MFAGMedical Firs Aid Guide
EmSEmergency Prodcedures
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Volume I GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEFINITIONS AND TRAINING
CLASSIFICATION
PACKING AND TANK PROVISIONS
CONSIGNMENT PROCEDURES
CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF PACKAGINS,INTERMEDIATE BULK CONTAINERS, LARGE
PACKAGINGS, PORTABLE TANKS AND ROAD TANKVEHICLES
PROVISIONS CONCERNING TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
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Volume II
DANGEROUS GOODS LIST AND LIMITED QUANTITIESEXCEPTIONS
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
INDEX
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MFAG
Medical First Aid Guide
EmSEmergency Prodsedures
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Units of measurementAbbreviations
Definitions
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ClassificationPackaging
Carriage of dangerous goods in
packaged form or in solid from in bulk.
Marking, labelling and placarding
Documents
Stowage and securing
Explosives in passenger ships
Reporting of incidents involving
dangerous goods
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Class 1 - Explosives
CLASSIFICATION
Class 2 - Gases
Class 3 - Flammable liquids
Class 4 - Flammable soilds Class 5 - Oxidizing substances and organic peroxides
Class 6 - Toxic and infectious substances
Class 7 - Radioactive material
Class 8 - Corrosive substances
Class 9 - Miscellaneus dangerous substances and articles
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Class 1 - EXPLOSIVES Explosive substance
Pyrotechnic substance
Explosive article
Mass explosion
Solid or liquid which is in itself capable by chemical reaction of
producing gas at such a temperature and pressure and such a
speed as to cause damage to the surroundings.
substance or a mixture of substances designed to produce an effect
by heat, light, sound, gas or smoke or a combination of these asthe result of non-detonative self-sustaining exothermic chemicalreaction.
article containing one or more explosive substances
one which affects almost the entire load virtually instantaneously.
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Class 1 - EXPLOSIVESHazard divisions
1.1 Substances and articles which have a mass explosion hazard
1.2 Substances and articles which have a projection hazard butnot a mass explosion hazard
1.3 Substances and articles which have a fire hazard and either aminor blast hazard or minor projection hazard or both butnot a mass explosion hazard
1.4 Substances and articles which present no significant hazard
1.5 Very insensitive substances which have a mass explosion haza
1.6 Extremely insensitive articles which do not have a massexplosion hazard
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Class 1 - EXPLOSIVES
Compatibility groups and classifications
codes 12 compatibility
groups
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Class 2 - GASESDefinitions
Gas -at 50C has vapour pressure greather than 300kPa-is completely gaseous at 20C at standard pressure of 101.3kP
condition of gas described according is physical state:
Compressed gas
is partially liquid at 20C
Refrigereted liquefied gas
for transport under pressure entirely gaseous at 20C
Liquefied gas
is partially liquid because its low temperature
Gas in solutioncompressed gas is dissolved in a solvent
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Class 2 - GASESSubdivisions
2.1 Flammable gasesare ignitable at 20 C and a standard pressure of 101.3 kPa
2.2 Non-flammable, non-toxicgases Asphyxiant
Oxidizing
Do not come under the other classe
pressure not less than 280 kPa at 20 C or as refrigereted
2.3 Toxic gasesto pose a hazard to health
LC50
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Class 3 - FLAMMABLE LIQUIDSDefinitions
Flammable liquidsliquids, or mixtures of liquids, or liquids containing solids in
solution or suspension which give offa flammable vapour at orbelow 61C c.c
Flashpointis the lowest temperature of the liquid at which its vapour
forms an ignitable mixture with air
clousedcup test / open-cup test
Cl 4 FLAMMABLE SOLIDS
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Class 4 - FLAMMABLE SOLIDSSubdivisions
4.1 Flammable solidsare readily comustible or may cause or contribute to fire through
friction, self-reactive substances which are liable to undergo astrongly exothermic reaction, solid desensitized explosives whichmay explode if not diluted sufficiently.
4.2 Substances liable to spontaneous combustionsolid and liquids which are liable to spontaneous heating under
normal conditions encountered in transport, or to heating up incontact with air, and being then liable to catch fire.
4.3 Substances which, in contact with water,emit flammable gasessolid and liquids wich by interaction with water, are liable to
become spontaneously flammable or give off flammable gases in
dangerous quantities.
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Class 4 - FLAMMABLE SOLIDS
powdered, granular or pasty substances which are dangerous if theycan be easily ignited by brief contact with an ignition source,such as a burning match, and if the flame spreads rapidly.
Readily combustible solids
combustible solids and solids which may cause fire through friction.
4.1 Flammable solids
Self-reactive substancesAre thermally unstable substances liable to undergo a strongly
exothermix decomposition even without participation of oxygen.
Solid desensitized explosivesare explosives which are wetted with water or alcohols or arediluted with other substances to form a homogeneous solidmixture to suppress their explosive properties.
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Class 4 - FLAMMABLE SOLIDS
which are substances, including mixtures and solutions, which even ismall quantities, ignite 5 minutes of coming into contact with air.
Pyrophoric substances
Self- heating substancesWhich are substances, other than pyrophoric substances, which, incontact with air without energy suplly, are liable to self-heating.
4.2 Substances liable to spontaneous combustion
SO S
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Class 4 - FLAMMABLE SOLIDS 4.3 Substances which, in contact with water,
emit flammable gases
OXIDIZING & ORGANIC
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Class 5 - OXIDIZING & ORGANICPEROXIDES
- be liable to explosive decomposition
5.1 Oxidizing substanceswhich, while in themselves not necessarily combustible, may,
generally by yielding oxygen, cause or contribute to the
combustion of other material.
5.2 Organic peroxidesare thermally unstable substances which may undergo exothermic
self-accelerating decomposition.
Subdivisions
- burn rapidly
- be sensitive to impact or friction
- react dangerously with other substances
- cause damage to the eyes
TOXIC AND INFECTIOUS
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Class 6 - TOXIC AND INFECTIOUSSUBSTANCES
pathogen- micro-organism (bacteria, viruses, rickettsiae,
parasites, fungi) or recombinat micro-organisms (hybrid ormutant) that are known or reasonably expected to causeinfectious disease in animals or humans.
6.1 Toxic substanceSubstance liable either to cause death or serious injury or to harm
human health if swallowed or inhaled, or by skin contact
6.2 Infectious substancesContain pathogens.
Subdivision
l TOXIC AND INFECTIOUS
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Class 6 - TOXIC AND INFECTIOUSSUBSTANCES
6.1 Toxic substance
LD50 for acute oral toxity
LD50 for acute dermal toxityLC50 for acute toxity on inhalation
Cl 6 TOXIC AND INFECTIOUS
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Class 6 - TOXIC AND INFECTIOUSSUBSTANCES
6.2 Infectious substances
Biological products
Risk group 1
Risk group 2Risk group 3
Risk group 4
Divided 4 risk groups
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Class 7 - RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
materials containing radionuclides
CSI
criticality safety index
LSAlow specific activity
SCO
surface contaminated object
TItransport index
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Class 8 - CORROSIVE SUBSTANCES
Substances which, by chemical action, will cause severe damagewhen in contact with living tissue or, in the case of leakage, willmaterially damage, or even destroy other goods or the means oftransport.
Properties Burns skin, eyes and mucous membranes.
When involved in a fire, evolves toxic gases
Corrosive to most metals Corrosive to aluminium, zinc and tin
Corrosive to glass, earthenware and other siliceous materials
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Class 9 - MISCELLANEOUSDANGEROUS SUBSTANCES
Substances and articles not covered by other classes
High temperature
Environmentally hazardous
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MARINE POLLUTANTS
Substances which, because of their potential to
bioaccumulate in seafood or because of their hightoxity to aquatic life.
ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE
Solid
Liquid
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