8.1 Documentation
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8.1 Documentation

  8.1.1 Passenger ships and cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage or over constructed on or after 1 September 1984 and carrying dangerous goods, shall comply with the requirements of regulation II-2/19 of SOLAS 1974. In this connection, such ships are required to carry on board a Document of Compliance in accordance with SOLAS 1974, regulation II-2/19.4 as evidence that the ship complies with the special requirements for ships carrying dangerous goods stipulated in SOLAS regulation II-2/19. Cargo ships of less than 500 gross tonnage constructed on or after 1 February 1992 shall comply with the requirements of regulation II-2/19 of SOLAS 1974, unless Administrations have reduced the requirements and this has been recorded in the Document of Compliance .

  8.1.2 The Document of Compliance provides information on the classes of dangerous goods that may be carried on deck and in each compartment of the ship.

  8.1.3 On board a ship carrying packaged dangerous cargoes a special list or manifest setting out the dangerous goods and marine pollutants and their location is required. A detailed stowage plan, which identifies by class and sets out the location of all dangerous goods and marine pollutants on board, may be used in place of such a special list or manifest. IMO FAL form 7 provides a format for such a manifest.

  8.1.4 The dangerous goods and/or marine pollutants list or manifest shall be based on the documentation and certification required by chapter 5.4 of the IMDG Code and contain the stowage location and the total quantity of dangerous goods and/or marine pollutants on board.

  8.1.5 The regulatory authority should establish appropriate arrangements for the inspection of the ship , to ensure, where appropriate, that the dangerous goods have been loaded and stowed in accordance with the Document of Compliance .

Parent topic: 8 Dangerous Cargoes in Packaged Form
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