10 Dangerous goods
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10 Dangerous goods

  10.1 Dangerous goods for which “on deck only" stowage is specified in the IMDG Code, should not be carried in or vertically above open-top container holds.

  10.2 In addition to the provisions of paragraph 10.1, containers with dangerous goods extending more than 1 m above the top of the watertight upper boundary around an open-top container hold and containing liquids, gases or vapours heavier than air and for which “on deck only" stowage is specified, should not be carried within one container spacefootnote horizontally from the boundary of the open-top container holds.

  10.3 Dangerous goods other than those described in 10.1 should not be carried in or vertically above open-top container holds unless such holds are in full compliance with regulation II-2/54 of SOLAS 1974, as amended, applicable to enclosed container cargo spaces, as appropriate for the cargo carried.

  10.4 Containers with dangerous goods extending more than 1 m above the top of the watertight upper boundary around an open-top container hold should not be carried within one container spacefootnote, horizontally from the boundary of an open-top container hold unless that hold is in full compliance with regulation II-2/54 of SOLAS 1974, as amended, applicable to enclosed container cargo spaces, as appropriate for the cargo carried.

Parent topic: Annex - Interim Guidelines for Open-Top Containerships
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