IMDG Dangerous Goods Awareness case studies
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IMDG Dangerous Goods Awareness is an entry-level training credential that demonstrates a candidate understands how the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code governs the sea transport of hazardous cargo. It is aimed at shore staff and ship's crew who handle, pack, document, stow or accept dangerous goods but who are not necessarily the designated dangerous goods professional: freight forwarders, warehouse and terminal operators, port agents, ships' officers, ships' agents and safety personnel. The IMDG Dangerous Goods Awareness case studies are 5 cases and about 3,448 words.
1The 1,180 GT coaster on a domestic run
The general cargo ship Rivermouth Trader (1,180 GT) is loading at an inland river terminal for a voyage that stays entirely inside one country's territorial waters. The booking covers 60 steel drums of UN 3082, ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, LIQUID, N.O.S.
528 words, about 3 min2Returned e-bike batteries with two scorched packs
A distributor of electric bicycles is returning 300 used battery packs to the manufacturer for refurbishment. Each pack is rated 48 V, 20 Ah (about 960 Wh) and contains lithium-ion cells.
701 words, about 4 min3The Friday-afternoon declaration
At 17:40 on a Friday a booking clerk receives a scanned declaration for a 20 ft container sailing the next morning. It reads: "UN 1263, PAINT, 3, PG III, 24 x 25 L jerricans, net 600 kg, flash point not applicable".
773 words, about 4 min4The 4G box marked Y25
A warehouse packer is assembling combination packagings for a consignment of UN 1170, ETHANOL SOLUTION, Class 3, PG II. He takes a fibreboard box printed with the mark "4G/Y25/S/24" and "GB/1234", and puts in four 5 L steel cans, each weighing 5.9 kg gross, plus 2 kg of dunnage to stop movement.
668 words, about 3 min5Three incompatible blocks in one 40 ft box
A consolidator is stuffing a 40 ft container (internal length about 12.03 m) for a short-sea sailing. The load plan shows three blocks: 100 x 25 kg bags of UN 1689, SODIUM CYANIDE, Class 6.1, PG I, on 20 pallets; 20 x 200 L drums of UN 1789, HYDROCHLORIC ACID, Class 8, PG II; and 40 x 25 kg drums of UN 2880, CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE, DRY, Class 5.1, PG II, two of which are showing damp staining.
778 words, about 4 min