STORCK GUIDE — STOWAGE & SEGREGATION TO IMDG CODE INCLUDING AMDT 36—12

This guide book has been designed to provide a summary of both individual and general stowage/segregation requirements contained in the IMDG Code. It presents an extract of the subject Code containing all information commonly required by the people engaged in the stowage and segregation activities involving dangerous goods and/or hazardous materials intended to be carried on board sea going vessels.

To make using the document easier, its authors have printed the numbers of all relevant IMDG Code paragraphs. The document is intended for use by the workers of the packing stations and all other people involved including stevedores and cargo surveyors, terminal operators and ship planers, cargo officers etc. The content starts with the general introduction followed by the list of definitions and abbreviations used throughout the text of the guide, together with the units of measurement.

The next several chapters of the guide are devoted to the training and security provisions plus special procedures that would be normally applicable to particular materials, substances and articles. The dangerous goods carried packed in limited/excepted quantities have been addressed paying attention to their marking and all associated documentation, general stowage/segregation provisions, transportation of these cargoes on different types of ships including containerships, Ro-Ro and general cargo ships, and many other important issues.