For the purpose of this Code, unless expressly provided otherwise, the following
definitions shall apply:
Angle of repose means the maximum slope angle of non-cohesive (i.e. free-flowing)
granular material. It is measured as the angle between a horizontal plane and the cone
slope of such material.
Bulk Cargo Shipping Name (BCSN) identifies a bulk cargo during transport by sea.
When a cargo is listed in this Code, the Bulk Cargo Shipping Name of the cargo is
identified by capital letters in the individual schedules or in the index. When a cargo
is dangerous goods as defined in the IMDG Code, as defined in regulation
VII/1.1 of the SOLAS Convention, refer to 4.1.1.
Bulk density means the weight of solids, air
and water per unit volume. Bulk density is expressed in kilograms
per cubic metre (kg/m3), in general. The void spaces in
the cargo may be filled with air and water.
Cargo space means any space in a ship designated
for carriage of cargoes.
Cargoes which may liquefy means cargoes which
contain a certain proportion of fine particles and a certain amount
of moisture. They may liquefy if shipped with a moisture content in
excess of their transportable moisture limit.
Cohesive material means materials other than
non-cohesive materials.
Competent authority means any national regulatory body or authority designated or
otherwise recognized as such for any purpose in connection with this Code. The competent
authority shall operate independently from the shipper.
Concentrates means materials obtained from
a natural ore by a process of enrichment or beneficiation by physical
or chemical separation and removal of unwanted constituents.
Consignment means a solid bulk cargo presented
by a shipper for transport.
Flow moisture point means the percentage moisture
content (wet mass basis) at which a flow state develops under the
prescribed method of test in a representative sample of the material
(see paragraph 1 of appendix 2).
Flow state means a state occurring when a mass of granular material is saturated
with liquid to an extent that, under the influence of prevailing external forces such as
vibration, impaction or ship's motion, it loses its internal shear strength and behaves
as a liquid.
GHS means the seventh revised edition of the Globally Harmonized System of
Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, published by the United Nations as document
ST/SG/AC.10/30/Rev.7.
Group A consists of cargoes which may liquefy
if shipped at a moisture content in excess of their transportable
moisture limit.
Group B consists of cargoes which possess a
chemical hazard which could give rise to a dangerous situation on
a ship.
Group C consists of cargoes which are neither liable to liquefy (group A) nor to
possess chemical hazards (group B).
High-density solid bulk cargo means a solid
bulk cargo with a stowage factor of 0.56 m3/t or less.
IMDG Code means the International Maritime
Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee
of the Organization by resolution MSC.122(75), as may be amended by
the Organization.
Incompatible materials means materials that may react dangerously when mixed.
They are subject to the segregation requirements of 9.3 and the schedules for individual
cargoes classified in group B.
International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS)
Code means the International Code for the Security of Ships and of Port
Facilities consisting of Part
A (the provisions of which shall be treated as mandatory) and Part
B (the provisions of which shall be treated as recommendatory), as adopted, on
12 December 2002, by resolution 2 of the Conference of Contracting Governments to the
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as may be amended by the
Organization.
Manual of Tests and Criteria means the sixth revised edition of the United
Nations publication entitled "Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods,
Manual of Tests and Criteria" (ST/SG/AC.10/11/ Rev.6/Amendment 1).
Materials hazardous only in bulk (MHB) means materials which may possess chemical
hazards when carried in bulk other than materials classified as dangerous goods in the
IMDG Code.
Moisture content means that portion of a representative
sample consisting of water, ice or other liquid expressed as a percentage
of the total wet mass of that sample.
Moisture migration means the movement of moisture
contained in a cargo by settling and consolidation of the cargo due
to vibration and ship's motion. Water is progressively displaced,
which may result in some portions or all of the cargo developing a
flow state.
Non-cohesive material means dry materials that
readily shift due to sliding during transport, as listed in appendix 3, paragraph 1, “Properties
of dry bulk cargoes”.
Potential sources of ignition means, but is not limited to, open fires, machinery
exhausts, galley uptakes, electrical outlets and electrical equipment unless they are of
certified safe typefootnote.
Representative test sample means a sample of
sufficient quantity for the purpose of testing the physical and chemical
properties of the consignment to meet specified requirements.
Shipper means any person by whom or in whose
name, or on whose behalf, a contract of carriage of goods by sea has
been concluded with a carrier, or any person by whom or in whose name,
or on whose behalf, the goods are actually delivered to the carrier
in relation to the contract of carriage by sea.
Solid bulk cargo means any cargo, other than
a liquid or a gas, consisting of a combination of particles, granules
or any larger pieces of material generally uniform in composition
which is loaded directly into the cargo spaces of a ship without any
intermediate form of containment.
Sources of heat means heated ship structures,
where the surface temperature is liable to exceed 55ºC. Examples
of such heated structures are steam pipes, heating coils, top or side
walls of heated fuel and cargo tanks, and bulkheads of machinery spaces.
Stowage factor means the figure which expresses the number of cubic metres which
one tonne of cargo will occupy.
Transportable moisture limit (TML) of a cargo which may liquefy means the maximum
moisture content of the cargo which is considered safe for carriage in ships not
complying with the special provisions of 7.3.2.
It is determined by the test procedures, approved by a competent authority, such as
those specified in paragraph 1 of appendix
2.
Trimming means any levelling of a cargo within
a cargo space, either partial or total.
Ventilation means exchange of air from outside
to inside a cargo space.
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.1 Continuous ventilation means ventilation that is operating
at all times.
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.2 Mechanical ventilation means power-generated ventilation.
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.3 Natural ventilation means ventilation that is not
power-generated.
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.4 Surface ventilation means ventilation of the space above
the cargo.