IMDG Code
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME DANGEROUS GOODS CODE
2010 EDITION
SUPPLEMENT
London, 2010
Published in 2010
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Contents
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Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
The EmS Guide: Emergency Response Procedures for Ships Carrying Dangerous Goods . . . 1
Medical First Aid Guide for Use in Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods (MFAG) . . . . . . . . . 91
Reporting procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
IMO/ILO/UNECE Guidelines for packing of cargo transport units (CTUs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Pesticides
Revised Recommendations on the safe use of pesticides in ships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Recommendations on the safe use of pesticides in ships applicable
to the fumigation of cargo holds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Revised Recommendations on the safe use of pesticides in ships applicable
to the fumigation of cargo transport units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
International Code for the Safe Carriage of Packaged Irradiated Nuclear Fuel,
Plutonium and High-Level Radioactive Wastes on board Ships (INF Code) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Appendix: Resolutions and circulars to which the IMDG Code and Supplement refer . . . . . . . 295
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Foreword
The International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code relates to the safe carriage of dangerous goods by sea, but
does not include all details of procedures for packing of dangerous goods or actions to take in the event of an
emergency or accident involving personnel who handle goods at sea. These aspects are covered by the
publications that are associated with the IMDG Code, which are included in this Supplement.
Within a continuing process of revision of publications that are relevant to the IMDG Code, The EmS Guide:
Emergency Response Procedures for Ships Carrying Dangerous Goods was further amended at the eighty-
seventh session of MSC in May 2010, and the details are described in MSC.1/Circ.1360. Also at the eighty-
seventh session of MSC, Revised Recommendations on the safe use of pesticides in ships and Revised
Recommendations on the safe use of pesticides in ships applicable to the fumigation of cargo transport units
were approved.
The Supplement also includes texts of the Medical First Aid Guide, descriptions of the reporting procedures for
incidents involving dangerous goods, harmful substances and/or marine pollutants, the IMO/ILO/UNECE
Guidelines for packing of cargo transport units, the International Code for the Safe Carriage of Packaged
Irradiated Nuclear Fuel, Plutonium and High-Level Radioactive Wastes on board Ships and other appropriate
Assembly resolutions, resolutions and circulars of the Maritime Safety Committee and circulars of the Facilitation
Committee and of the Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers.
Note: The IMO/ILO/UNECE Guidelines for packing of cargo transport units are currently under review and have
not yet been updated to reflect, where necessary, recent changes in the IMDG Code. Users of the Guidelines
should refer to chapters 5.2 and 5.3 of the IMDG Code for the correct labels, placards, marks and signs.
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