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USCG issues PSC guidance on the IMSBC Code

Policy for compliance verification of the requirements during PSC examinations The USCG has recently issued guidance on the policy of verifying compliance with the IMSBC and Title 46 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 97 and 148 in terms of Port State Control examinations.The IMSBC Code is referred to as the Code and it applies to the loading, unloading, and carriage of solid bulk cargoesby vessel. Solid bulk cargoes consist of particles, granules, or larger pieces of material generally uniform in composition, which is loaded directly into cargos paces or the hold of a vessel without any intermediate form of containment. The cargoes are typically poured into the hold of a vessel using a chute or dropped into the hold using a grab bucket.The Code applies to all ships subject to SOLAS and to cargo ships less than 500gross tons. Regardless of whether a vessel's flag State is signatory to SOLAS,reference (b) applies to all domestic and foreign vessels in the navigable waters ofthe United States that transport solid bulk cargoes, except an unmanned barge ona domestic voyage carrying a Potentially Dangerous Material (PDM) found inTable 148.10 of 46 CFR Part 148. The Code does not apply to grain. Grain ...

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Maritime Safety Committee meets 12 to 21 June

MSC, 92nd session IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meets at the Organization's London Headquarters for its 92nd session from 12 to 21 June 2013.The MSC is expected to adopt amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) relating to passenger drills; discuss preliminary recommendations arising from the Costa Concordia incident; and consider matters related to piracy and armed robbery against ships and other items submitted by the IMO sub-committees.Passenger drill amendments to be adoptedThe MSC is expected to adopt draft amendments SOLAS regulation III/19 to require musters of newly embarked passengers prior to or immediately upon departure, instead of "within 24 hours", as stated in the current regulations.The MSC is also expected to establish a working group on passenger ship safety to consider relevant issues, including the action plan drawn up at the last session following the Costa Concordia incident in January 2012.The MSC will have for its consideration the Costa Concordia casualty investigation conducted by the Italian authorities* with an extensive range of recommendations addressing stability issues, electronic equipment, emergency power generation, evacuation analysis, and search and rescue, in addition to operational and management issues.Adoption of other amendmentsThe MSC will also be invited to ...

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Iron ore fines that may contain DRI (C)

Mars Report 2013 The Nautical Institute has issued Mars Report No. 22 regarding Iron ore fines that may contain DRC(C). This report is edited from UK P&L Club LP Bulletin 859 - 12/12The process of manufacturing Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) from iron ore and the subsequent hot briquetting procedures generate unwanted by-products in the form of dust and broken chips during most of the stages. Some manufacturers recover these materials and offer them for shipment.In the 2009 edition of the IMSBC Code, such a material is listed as DIRECT REDUCED IRON (C) (By-product fines), and the definition of the material is based only on its production, particle size and density, without reference to the metallic iron or moisture content.Despite extensive publicity and in clear violation of regulations, shippers continue to use misleading names for patently DRI cargoes (e.g. re-oxidised iron fines, iron fines (blend), iron ore pellet chips, oxide fines, pond fines, sludge fines, remets, clarifier slush and dust, spent iron fines and lodos etc.). Other similar cargoes include DRI in the description, but are offered on the basis that they are not DRI (C) and therefore do not need to be carried in accordance with the DRI (C) Schedule ...

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Reminder on the Amendments to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code

By the West of England P&I Club The West of England P&I Club has posted on its website a reminder for the Amendments to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code as follows:On 20 May 2011 the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO's) Maritime Safety Committee at its eighty-ninth session adopted Resolution MSC.(318)89 regarding amendments to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code. Contracting governments have been able to apply the new requirements, in whole or in part, on a voluntary basis since 1 January 2012. Compliance with the amendments will become mandatory on 1 January 2013.As a result of changes in world trade, new solid bulk cargoes with their own particular hazards are often introduced and presented for shipment. Similarly, some cargoes that were previously only shipped in very limited quantities and were not included in the IMSBC Code are now carried more extensively. At the same time, expert understanding of the properties and hazards associated with established solid bulk cargoes and the safest means of handling and carrying such cargoes is continually being advanced. Therefore to keep pace with developments the IMSBC Code will in future be updated bi-annually.Amendment 01-11 follows a review of numerous submissions to IMO ...

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