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Stock piles
SOLAS - 1974
IMO - IMSBC
IMSBC
! International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargo the Code. ! Replaces the BC code (2004). ! Voluntary 2009 1 Jan. ! Mandatory from 2011 1 Jan.
Ore - types
! Concentrates
!! Mineral concentrates are refined ores in which valuable components have been enriched by eliminating the bulk of waste materials.
IMSBC
! Individually listed cargoes Annex 1
!! Their properties and methods of handling have been established. !! Iron ore and nickel ore concentrates are mentioned.
1.3 - procedure.
Government Authorities set the preliminary suitable conditions for the carriage of this cargo.
Argument 2 - Impractical
! Getting three government bodies to discuss the safe handling
practice of (each) cargo being loaded would take months!
! List of contact names in the Supplement to the Code. ! Impractical and/or impossible arguments can both be
dismissed.
Conclusion
! The Code applies to Iron/nickel ore fines, paragraph 1.3. ! Nickel ore cargoes loaded in Indonesia are consistently being
shipped without complying with the IMSBC code there simply is no authority as envisioned in 1.3.