Adoption of Amendment 02-13 to the IMSBC Code

Operators are strongly advised, in light of recent incidents on vessels carrying cargo which may liquefy, to implement amendments to Sections 4 and 8 as soon as practical.

These are:

• Section 4 – Assessment of acceptability of consignments for safe shipment now requires the shipper to provide the ship’s master or his representative with a signed certificate of the Transportable Moisture Limit and a signed certificate of declaration ofthe moisture content each issued by an entity recognised by the Competent Authority of the port of loading.
• Section 8 – Test procedures for cargoes which may liquefy: This now has an additional paragraph which states that if samples remain dry following a can test, the moisture content of the material may still exceed the Transportable Moisture Limit(TML).