International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code) - IMO [2020, PDF]

Contents

Foreword
IBC Code
Preamble
Chapter 1 – General
1.1 Application
1.2 Hazards
1.3 Definitions
1.4 Equivalents
1.5 Surveys and certification
Chapter 2 – Ship survival capability and location of cargo tanks
2.1 General
2.2 Freeboard and stability
2.3 Shipside discharges below the freeboard deck
2.4 Conditions of loading
2.5 Damage assumptions
2.6 Location of cargo tanks
2.7 Flooding assumptions
2.8 Standard of damage
2.9 Survival requirements
Chapter 3 – Ship arrangements
3.1 Cargo segregation
3.2 Accommodation, service and machinery spaces and control stations
3.3 Cargo pump-rooms
3.4 Access to spaces in the cargo area
3.5 Bilge and ballast arrangements
3.6 Pump and pipeline identification
3.7 Bow or stern loading and unloading arrangements
Chapter 4 – Cargo containment
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Tank type requirements for individual products
Chapter 5 – Cargo transfer
5.1 Piping scantlings
5.2 Piping fabrication and joining details
5.3 Flange connections
5.4 Test requirements for piping
5.5 Piping arrangements
5.6 Cargo transfer control systems
5.7 Ship’s cargo hoses
Chapter 6 – Materials of construction, protective linings and coatings
Chapter 7 – Cargo temperature control
7.1 General
7.2 Additional requirements
Chapter 8 – Cargo tank venting and gas-freeing arrangements
8.1 Application
8.2 Cargo tank venting
8.3 Types of tank venting systems
8.4 Venting requirements for individual products
8.5 Cargo tank purging
8.6 Cargo tank gas-freeing
Chapter 9 – Environmental control
9.1 General
9.2 Environmental control requirements for individual products
Chapter 10 – Electrical installations
10.1 General
10.2 Bonding
10.3 Electrical requirements for individual products
Chapter 11 – Fire protection and fire extinction
11.1 Application
11.2 Cargo pump-rooms
11.3 Cargo area
11.4 Special requirements
Chapter 12 – Mechanical ventilation in the cargo area
12.1 Spaces normally entered during cargo-handling operations
12.2 Pump-rooms and other enclosed spaces normally entered
12.3 Spaces not normally entered
Chapter 13 – Instrumentation
13.1 Gauging
13.2 Vapour detection
Chapter 14 – Personnel protection
14.1 Protective equipment
14.2 Safety equipment
14.3 Emergency equipment
Chapter 15 – Special requirements
15.1 General
15.2 Ammonium nitrate solution (93% or less)
15.3 Carbon disulphide
15.4 Diethyl ether
15.5 Hydrogen peroxide solutions
15.6 Motor fuel anti-knock compounds (containing lead alkyls)
15.7 Phosphorus, yellow or white
15.8 Propylene oxide or ethylene oxide/propylene oxide mixtures with an ethylene oxide content of not more than 30% by mass
15.9 Sodium chlorate solution (50% or less by mass)
15.10 Sulphur (molten)
15.11 Acids
15.12 Toxic products
15.13 Cargoes protected by additives
15.14 Cargoes with a vapour pressure greater than 0.1013 MPa absolute at 37.8°C
15.15 Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) detection equipment for bulk liquids
15.16 Cargo contamination
15.17 Increased ventilation requirements
15.18 Special cargo pump-room requirements
15.19 Overflow control
15.20 Alkyl (C7–C9) nitrates, all isomers
15.21 Temperature sensors
Chapter 16 – Operational requirements
16.1 Maximum allowable quantity of cargo per tank
16.2 Cargo information
16.3 Personnel training
16.4 Opening of and entry into cargo tanks
16.5 Stowage of cargo samples
16.6 Cargoes not to be exposed to excessive heat
Chapter 17 – Summary of minimum requirements
Chapter 18 – List of products to which the Code does not apply
Chapter 19 – Index of Products Carried in Bulk
Chapter 20 – Transport of liquid chemical wastes
20.1 Preamble
20.2 Definitions
20.3 Applicability
20.4 Permitted shipments
20.5 Documentation
20.6 Classification of liquid chemical wastes
20.7 Carriage and handling of liquid chemical wastes
Chapter 21 – Criteria for assigning carriage requirements for products subject to the IBC Code
21.1 Introduction
21.2 Contents
21.3 Minimum safety and pollution criteria for products subject to chapter 17 of the IBC Code
21.4 Criteria used to assign the minimum carriage requirements for products that meet the minimum safety or pollution criteria to make them subject to chapter 17 of the IBC Code
21.5 Column o – Criteria for special requirements in chapter 15
21.6 Column o – Criteria for special requirements in chapter 16
21.7 Definitions
Appendix – Model form of International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk
Standards and Guidelines relevant to the IBC Code Equivalency arrangements for the carriage of styrene monomer
MSC/Circ.879 and MEPC/Circ.348
Recommendation for the use of a standard format for the cargo information required by chapter 16 of the IBC Code
MSC/Circ.1100 and MEPC/Circ.407
Guidelines on the basic elements of a shipboard occupational health and safety programme
MSC-MEPC.2/Circ.3
Revised minimum safety standards for ships carrying liquids in bulk containing benzene
MSC/Circ.1095
Revised guidelines for the transport of vegetable oils in deeptanks or in independent tanks specially designed for the carriage of such vegetable oils in general dry cargo ships
Resolution MEPC.148(54)
Guidelines for the provisional assessment of liquid substances transported in bulk
MEPC.1/Circ.512/Rev.1
Revised PPR Product Data Reporting Form and related guidance notes
MEPC.1/Circ.857
Example of an optional shipping document for the purposes of MARPOL Annex II and the IBC Code
BLG.1/Circ.18
Use of specific product names in preference to generic descriptions when offering bulk liquid cargoes for shipment
BLG.1/Circ.25
Decisions with regard to the categorization and classification of products
PPR.1/Circ.7
2019 Guidelines for the carriage of blends of biofuels and MARPOL Annex I cargoes
MSC-MEPC.2/Circ.17
Guidelines for the carriage of energy-rich fuels and their blends
MEPC.1/Circ.879
Products requiring oxygen-dependant inhibitors
MSC-MEPC.2/Circ.14
Example of a certificate of protection for products requiring oxygen-dependent inhibitors
MSC-MEPC.2/Circ.16