RECOMMENDATIONS ON INTERMEDIATE BULK CONTAINERS (IBCs)

Transport de cargaison (Cargo Carriers) v. Industrial Bulk Carriers

Bulk carriers

Amend subparagraph (b) to read as follows Flexible IBCs the IBC shall be filled to the maximum permissible gross mass, the contents being evenly distributed. .

(a) dangerous goods in bulk which, in most countries, are subject to special regulations

Cargo opposed the enforcement of the arbitral award rendered in Industrial s favour for two reasons.

The new regulations will apply not only to new bulk carriers, but also to existing ones.

International Cargo Handling Co ordination Association

Cargo Carriers, whose cargo ship travels between Niger and Spain, contracts with Industrial Bulk for port services.

(b) Closed bulk containers, and their openings, shall be leakproof by design.

The amendments, when in force, will replace the existing text of paragraph 6 of regulation 5 on stowage and securing and make it clear that all cargoes, other than solid and liquid bulk cargoes , should be loaded, stowed and secured in accordance with the Cargo Securing Manual.

First, the award was said to order payment by Cargo of a sum greater than that expended by Industrial.

However, such materials are not loaded separately from other cargo unless they are subject to strict packing, loading and unloading conditions.

Metal IBCs the IBC shall be filled to not less than 95 of its maximum capacity for solids or 98 of its maximum capacity for liquids.

(iv) Confirming that goods have been loaded

4.3.2.4.2 Bulk wastes of Division 6.2 (UN 3291)

Crown Bay (St. Thomas) has three cruise ship docks operated by the Virgin Island Port Authority, as well as a 900 foot wharf which can accommodate roll on roll off cargo and container and break bulk operations.

8. containers for holding goods

For this test the IBC need not have its closures fitted.

Flexible IBCs shall be filled with a representative material and then shall be loaded to six times their maximum permissible gross mass, the load being evenly distributed. .

NOTE 2 Additional guidance on the packing of transport units can be found in the IMO ILO UNECE Guidelines for Packing Cargo Transport Units (CTUs) contained in the supplement to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code.

(c) The port where the goods are initially loaded on a ship or the port where the goods are finally discharged from a ship or

Wastes transported in rigid packagings and plastics bags together in the same closed bulk container shall be adequately segregated from each other, e.g. by suitable rigid barriers or dividers, mesh nets or otherwise securing the packagings, such that they prevent damage to the packagings during normal conditions of transport

For example, bulk shipments tend to use specialised rail and port facilities from source to port and, because of the generally large investment, are very efficient, if compared with container traffic in the same country.

Liquid dangerous goods shall be loaded below dry dangerous goods whenever possible.

7.1.1.6 Transport units shall be loaded so that incompatible dangerous or other goods are segregated in accordance with this Chapter.

Any such other wastes transported in the same closed bulk container shall be inspected for possible contamination.

In subparagraph (c), amend the first sentence to read Rigid plastics IBCs the IBC shall be filled to not less than 95 of its maximum capacity for solids or 98 of its maximum capacity for liquids.

When dangerous goods are transported with other goods (e.g. heavy machinery or crates), all goods shall be securely fixed or packed in the transport units so as to prevent the release of dangerous goods.

A dispute arose concerning sums incurred and paid by Industrial for services rendered while Cargo s ship was moored in Bilbao.

6.4.23.3 (a) Replace the consignment with the shipment .

7.1.1.9 During loading and unloading, packages containing dangerous goods shall be protected from being damaged.

Add a new 4.3.2.4 to read as follows 4.3.2.4 Bulk waste goods of Division 6.2 (UN Nos. 2814 and 2900 (animal carcasses only)) .

Warehousing involves the physical handling of stores, stuffing them into shelving and containers, moving them on the base, loading aircraft, making containers ready for shipment to missions.

100,000 bucks worth of freight!

In the definition of Freight container in the case of radioactive material transport , amend the end of the first sentence and the beginning of the current second sentence to read as follows transport without intermediate reloading which is of a permanent enclosed character, .

You know in 1950 the typical ship carried 5,000 to 10,000 tons worth of goods.

Where appropriate the transport unit shall be fitted with devices to facilitate securing and handling of the dangerous goods.

Waste aerosols shall not be transported in closed freight containers.

(c) the port where the goods are initially loaded on an ocean vessel or

All high value cargo will be kept in containers.

(a) The pressure and emergency relief devices installed on the IBC are designed to take appropriate account of the self accelerating decomposition of the organic peroxide and of fire engulfment and

6.5.4.4.2 Every metal, rigid plastics and composite IBC for liquids, or for solids which are filled or discharged under pressure, shall undergo a suitable leakproofness test and be capable of meeting the test level indicated in 6.5.6.7.3

NOTE 1 Additional operational requirements for the transport of packages and, IBCs are provided in the special packing provisions for packages and IBCs (see Chapter 4.1).

The pressure relief devices shall have sufficient capacity to prevent rupture of the shell due to over pressurization or vacuum resulting from filling, discharging, or from heating of the contents.