IMDG – Carriage harmful sunstances

Trainees

Seagoing personnel or personnel involved in the shipping, carriage and handling of harmful substances

Background

None

Objectives

– Safe loading of harmful substances complying strictly with existing regulation
– Assessing, accepting, handling harmful substances complying with statutory texts

Duration

12 hours over 1,5 day

Number of trainees

Minimum 4 / Maximum 12

Reference

– STCW Table A-II/2
– IMDG Code and Division 411 of the appended regulations to the decree dated 23 November 1987 related to vessels safety

The IMDG Code strongly recommends this course to the shore personnel involved in the shipping, carriage and handling of harmful substances.

Programme

– Generals on maritime regulations and accidents
– Maritime regulations related to the carriage of harmful substances in a packaged form
– Hazards of harmful substances
– IMDG Code enforcement by the shipper
– Generals on containerised  and ro-ro transport
– Procedures of taking delivery of harmful substances by maritime carriers
– IMDG Code enforcement by maritime carriers
Practicals:
– Draft of a transport declaration with specific loading cases
– Specific accidents cases

Venue

Le Havre and Marseille

Encadrement

Lecturers from the French Maritime Academy

End of training assessment

No

Attestation for the delivery of an STCW certificate

No

Price

450€