IMDG Сode

The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS), as amended deals with various aspects of maritime safety and contains in part A of chapter VII the mandatory provisions governing the carriage of dangerous goods in packaged form or in solid form in bulk Regulation Vll/1-3 prohibits the carriage of dangerous goods except in accordance with the provisions of part A of chapter VII which are amplified by the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code. Regulation II-2/54 of the SOLAS Convention specifies the special requirements for a ship intended to carry dangerous goods, the keel of which was laid or which was at a similar stage of construction on or after 1 September 1984. The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), deals with various aspects of prevention of marine pollution, and contains in its Annex III the mandatory provisions for the prevention of pollution by harmful substances carried by sea in packaged form Regulation 1(2) prohibits the carriage of harmful substances in ships except in accordance with the provisions of Annex III, which are also amplified by the IMDG Code.