Chapter 2.5
Clasification Society 2024 - Version 9.40
Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.262(84) – Adoption of Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code – (Adopted on 16 May 2008) - Annex – Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code - Part 2 - Chapter 2.5

Chapter 2.5

  2.5.3.2.4 In the table amend the entries listed below as follows:

Number (generic entry) Organic peroxide   Column Amendment
Move this entry from UN 3101 to UN 3105 tert-AMYL PEROXY-3,5,5-TRIMETHYLHEXANOATE As fourth entry Packing method Replace “OP5” with “OP7”
UN 3103 1,6-DI-(tert-BUTYLPEROXYCARBONYLOXY)-HEXANE   Concentration Replace “<72” with “≤ 72”
UN 3107 tert-BUTYLHYDROPROXIDE (English only) Organic Peroxide Insert a space between the words “BUTYL” and “HYDROPE ROXIDE”
UN 3107 DI-tert-AMYLPEROXIDE (English only) Organic Peroxide Insert a space between the words “AMYL” and “PEROXIDE”
UN 3108 n-BUTYL-DI-(BUTYLPEROXY) VALERATE” (English and French only) Organic Peroxide Insert “tert-” before “BUTYLPER OXY) VALERATE”
UN 3109 2,5-DIMETHYL-2,5-DI(tert-BUTYLPEROXY)-HEXANE   Diluent type B Move “≥48” from ‘Diluent type B’ to ‘Diluent type A’
UN 3110 DICUMYL PEROXIDE (Concentration > 52-100)   Inert solid Delete “≤ 48”
UN 3115 DIACETYLPEROXIDE (English only) Organic Peroxide Insert space between “DIACETYL” and “PEROXIDE”
Move this entry from UN 3117 to UN 3119 DI-(2-ETHYLHEXYL) PEROXYDICARBONATE (Concentration ≤ 62 as a stable dispersion in water)   Number  
UN 3117 1,1-DIMETHYL-3- HYEROXYBUTYLPEROXYNEOHEPTANOATE (English Only) Organic Peroxide Insert space between “HYEROXY BUTYL” and “PEROXYNE OHEPTANO ATE”
UN 3119 DI-(2-ETHYLHEXYL) PEROXYDICARBONATE (Concentration ≤ 52 as a stable dispersion in water)     Delete the entry
Note 8 Replace “≤ 0.7%” with “≤ 10.7%” (English only)

 Insert new entries:

Number (generic entry) Organic peroxide Concentration (%) Dilutent type A (%) Dilutent type B (%) Insert solid (%) Water (%) Packing method Control temperature (°C) Emergency temperature (°C) Subsidiary risks and remarks
3119 tert-AMYL PEROXYNEODECANOATE ≤ 47 ≥ 53       OP8 0 +10  
3106 tert-BUTYL PEROXY 3,5,5- TRIMETHYLHEXANOATE ≤ 42     ≥ 58   OP7      
3115 CUMYL PEROXYNEODECANOATE ≤ 87 ≥ 13       OP7 -10 0  
3105 2,2-DI-(tert-AMYLPEROXY)- BUTANE ≤ 57 ≥ 43       OP7      
3103 1,1-DI-(tert-BUTYLPEROXY)- CYCLOHEXANE ≤ 72   ≥ 28     OP5     30)
3105 1,1-DI-(tert-BUTYLPEROXY)- CYCLOHEXANE + tert-BUTYL PEROXY-2-ETHYLHEXANOATE ≤ 43 + ≤ 16 ≥ 41       OP7      
3103 1,1-DI-(tert-BUTYLPEROXY)- 3,3,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXANE ≤ 90   ≥ 10     OP5     30)
3118 DI-2,4-DICHLOROBENZOYL PEROXIDE ≤ 52 as a paste         OP8 +20 +25  
3115 3-HYDROXY-1,1- DIMETHYLBUTYL PEROXYNEODECANOATE ≤ 77 ≥ 23       OP7 -5 +5  
3119 3-HYDROXY-1,1- DIMETHYLBUTYL PEROXYNEODECANOATE ≤ 52 as a stable dispersion in water         OP8 -5 +5  
3117 3-HYDROXY-1,1- DIMETHYLBUTYL PEROXYNEODECANOATE ≤ 52 ≥ 48       OP8 -5 +5  
3109 METHYL ISOPROPYL KETONE PEROXIDE(S) See remark 31) ≥ 70       OP8     31)
3107 3,3,5,7,7-PENTAMETHYL- 1,2,4-TRIOXEPANE ≤ 100         OP8      

 After the table:

  Insert “(30) Diluent type B with boiling point > 130°C”

  Insert “(31) Active oxygen ≤ 6.7%.”


Copyright 2022 Clasifications Register Group Limited, International Maritime Organization, International Labour Organization or Maritime and Coastguard Agency. All rights reserved. Clasifications Register Group Limited, its affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or agents are, individually and collectively, referred to in this clause as 'Clasifications Register'. Clasifications Register assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable to any person for any loss, damage or expense caused by reliance on the information or advice in this document or howsoever provided, unless that person has signed a contract with the relevant Clasifications Register entity for the provision of this information or advice and in that case any responsibility or liability is exclusively on the terms and conditions set out in that contract.