Resolution MSC.176(79)   2004 AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF SHIPS CARRYING DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN BULK (IBC CODE)

2004 AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF SHIPS CARRYING DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN BULK (IBC CODE)

"Preamble

Chapter 1. General

1.1 Application

1.2 Hazards

1.3 Definitions

1.4 Equivalents

1.5 Surveys and certification

1.5.1 Survey procedure

1.5.2 Survey requirements

1.5.3 Maintenance of conditions after survey

1.5.4 Issue or endorsement of International Certificate of Fitness

1.5.5 Issue or endorsement of International Certificate of Fitness by another Government

1.5.6 Duration and validity of International Certificate of Fitness

Chapter 2. Ship survival capability and location of cargo tanks

2.1 General

2.2 Freeboard and intact stability

2.3 Shipside discharges below the freeboard deck

2.4 Conditions of loading

2.5 Damage assumptions

2.6 Location of cargo tanks

2.7 Flooding assumptions

2.8 Standard of damage

2.9 Survival requirements

Chapter 3. Ship arrangements

3.1 Cargo segregation

3.2 Accommodation, service and machinery spaces and control stations

3.3 Cargo pump-rooms

3.4 Access to spaces in the cargo area

3.5 Bilge and ballast arrangements

3.6 Pump and pipeline identification

3.7 Bow or stern loading and unloading arrangements

Chapter 4. Cargo containment

4.1 Definitions

4.2 Tank type requirements for individual products

Chapter 5. Cargo transfer

5.1 Piping scantlings

5.2 Piping fabrication and joining details

5.3 Flange connections

5.4 Test requirements for piping

5.5 Piping arrangements

5.6 Cargo-transfer control systems

5.7 Ship's cargo hoses

Chapter 6. Materials of construction, protective linings and coatings

Chapter 7. Cargo temperature control

7.1 General

7.2 Additional requirements

Chapter 8. Cargo tank venting and gas-freeing arrangements

8.1 Application

8.2 Cargo tank venting

8.3 Types of tank venting systems

8.4 Venting requirements for individual products

8.5 Cargo tank gas-freeing

Chapter 9. Environmental control

9.1 General

9.2 Environmental control requirements for individual products

Chapter 10. Electrical installations

10.1 General

10.2 Bonding

10.3 Electrical requirements for individual products

Chapter 11. Fire protection and fire extinction

11.1 Application

11.2 Cargo pump-rooms

11.3 Cargo area

11.4 Special requirements

Chapter 12. Mechanical ventilation in the cargo area

12.1 Spaces normally entered during cargo-handling operations

12.2 Pump-rooms and other enclosed spaces normally entered

12.3 Spaces not normally entered

Chapter 13. Instrumentation

13.1 Gauging

13.2 Vapour detection

Chapter 14. Personnel protection

14.1 Protective equipment

14.2 Safety equipment

14.3 Emergency equipment

Chapter 15. Special requirements

15.1 General

15.2 Ammonium nitrate solution (93% or less)

15.3 Carbon disulphide

15.4 Diethyl ether

15.5 Hydrogen peroxide solutions

15.6 Motor fuel anti-knock compounds (containing lead alkyls)

15.7 Phosphorus, yellow or white

15.8 Propylene oxide or ethylene oxide/propylene oxide mixtures with an ethylene oxide content of not more than 30% by mass

15.9 Sodium chlorate solution (50% or less by mass)

15.10 Sulphur (molten)

15.11 Acids

15.12 Toxic products

15.13 Cargoes protected by additives

15.14 Cargoes with a vapour pressure greater than 0.1013 MPa absolute at 37.8°C

15.15 Cargoes with low ignition temperature and wide flammability range

15.16 Cargo contamination

15.17 Increased ventilation requirements

15.18 Special cargo pump-room requirements

15.19 Overflow control

15.20 Alkyl (C7-C9) nitrates, all isomers

15.21 Temperature sensors

Chapter 16. Operational requirements

16.1 Maximum allowable quantity of cargo per tank

16.2 Cargo information

16.3 Personnel training

16.4 Opening of and entry into cargo tanks

16.5 Stowage of cargo samples

16.6 Cargoes not to be exposed to excessive heat

Chapter 17. Summary of minimum requirements

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Chapter 18. List of products to which the Code does not apply

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Chapter 19. Index of Products Carried in Bulk

Chapter 20. Transport of liquid chemical wastes

20.1 Preamble

20.2 Definitions

20.3 Applicability

20.4 Permitted shipments

20.5 Documentation

20.6 Classification of liquid chemical wastes

20.7 Carriage and handling of liquid chemical wastes

Chapter 21.  Criteria for assigning carriage requirements for products subject to the IBC Code

21.1 Introduction

21.2 Contents

21.3 Minimum safety and pollution criteria for products subject to chapter 17 of the IBC Code

21.4 Criteria used to assign the minimum carriage requirements for products, which meet the minimum safety or pollution criteria to make them subject to chapter 17 of the IBC Code

21.4.1 Column a - Product Name

21.4.2 Column b – Deleted.

21.4.3 Column c - Pollution Category

21.4.4 Column d - Hazards

21.4.5 Column e - Ship Type

21.4.6 Column f - Tank type

21.4.7 Column g - Tank vents

21.4.8 Column h - Tank environmental control

21.4.9 Column i - Electrical equipment

21.4.10 Column j - Gauging

21.4.11 Column k - Vapour detection

21.4.12 Column l - Fire protection equipment

21.4.13 Column m – Deleted.

21.4.14 Column n - Emergency Equipment

21.5 Criteria for Sspecial requirements in chapter 15 to be included in column o

21.6 Criteria for special requirements in chapter 16 to be included in column o

21.7 Definitions

21.7.1 Acute mammalian toxicity

21.7.2 Toxic to mammals by prolonged exposure

21.7.3 Skin sensitization

21.7.4 Respiratory sensitization

21.7.5 Corrosive to skin*

21.7.6 Water reactive substances

21.7.7 Air reactive substances

21.7.8 Electrical apparatus - Temperature Class

21.7.9 Electrical apparatus - Apparatus group

21.7.10 Special carriage control conditions

21.7.11 Flammable cargoes

Appendix.
MODEL FORM OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS FOR THE CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN BULK

ENDORSEMENT FOR ANNUAL AND INTERMEDIATE SURVEYS

ANNUAL/INTERMEDIATE SURVEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 1.5.6.8.3

ENDORSEMENT TO EXTEND THE CERTIFICATE IF VALID FOR LESS THAN 5 YEARS WHERE PARAGRAPH 1.5.6.3 APPLIES

ENDORSEMENT WHERE THE RENEWAL SURVEY HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND PARAGRAPH 1.5.6.4 APPLIES

ENDORSEMENT TO EXTEND THE VALIDITY OF THE CERTIFICATE UNTIL REACHING THE PORT OF SURVEY OR FOR A PERIOD OF GRACE WHERE PARAGRAPH 1.5.6.5 OR 1.5.6.6 APPLIES

ENDORSEMENT FOR ADVANCEMENT OF ANNIVERSARY DATE WHERE PARAGRAPH 1.5.6.8 APPLIES

Attachment 1.
TO THE INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS FOR THE CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN BULK

Attachment 2.
TO THE INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS FOR THE CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN BULK