BP3: The International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code
Updated for Amendment 41-22 The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is the specialised United Nations agency with responsibility for international maritime [...]
Guidance on Ammonium Nitrate fire risks on board ships (2022)
This document provides an introduction to Ammonium Nitrate fire risk on board ships. For detailed advice it is necessary to [...]
BP42: Guidance on the safe use of container lifting lugs
This Briefing Pamphlet has been developed jointly with LEEA as means of offering a general guidance to the variety of container lifting [...]
BP41: Safe Handling and Operation of Platform Flats and Flatrack Containers
This Briefing Pamphlet provides detailed information concerning the loading and securing of cargoes on platform flats and flatrack containers, which [...]
BP37: The Safe Use of General Freight Containers
There have been many developments in connection with containerisation since 1972 and several different types of container have been developed [...]
BP36: Safe Working with Straddle Carriers
As of 2011, there were approximately 60 container terminals worldwide equipped with straddle carriers. Straddle carriers remain in use due [...]
BP35: Provisions for the Safe Lashing of Deck Containers
BP35 is written to complement BP34. In a report to IMO in 2005, the United Kingdom included the following executive [...]
BP33: Safe Working with Reefer Containers
Refrigerated containers (reefers) are used to transport goods at a constant temperature either above or below freezing and this is [...]
BP34: Container Top Safety
This Briefing Pamphlet has been developed in response to the IMO adopting and publishing its MSC 1/circ.1352 in 2010 on [...]
BP32: Safe Use of Cargo Strapping for Lifting Purposes
The trend towards unitisation and unit lifting methods has been driven by the need for better and simpler handling systems, [...]