BC code什么时候生效？

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BC  code什么时候生效？

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Draft mandatory BC Code and SOLAS amendments finalized
The text of the mandatory Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargo (BC Code), and related draft amendments to SOLAS chapters VI and VII to make the Code mandatory, were agreed by the Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC) when it met for its 12th session.

The draft text of the mandatory Code is expected to be approved at the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC)'s 84th session in May 2008 with a view to its adoption at MSC 85, in November 2008. This would see the mandatory BC Code enter into force on 1 January 2011. The Sub-Committee agreed to recommend to the Committee that Contracting Governments to the Convention may apply the BC Code in whole or in part voluntarily from 1 January 2009.

Draft mandatory BC Code and SOLAS amendments finalized

The BC Code, which was first adopted in 1965, addresses the prime hazards associated with the shipment of solid bulk cargoes. It provides information on the dangers associated with the shipment of certain types of solid bulk cargoes and instructions on the appropriate procedures to be adopted.

SOLAS and HSC Code amendments agreed
The Sub-committee agreed amendments to SOLAS and the 2000 International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (HSC Code) relating to the application of requirements for dangerous goods in packaged form, for submission to the MSC for approval and adoption.

Specifically, the amendments update and revise table 19.3 in SOLAS regulation II-2/19 Carriage of dangerous goods, which aims to provide additional safety measures in order to address the fire safety objectives of the chapter for ships carrying dangerous goods. The table gives relevant requirements, depending on classes and flashpoints of dangerous goods, for the carriage of dangerous goods in packaged form.

Draft amendments to the related table 7.17-3 in the 2000 HSC Code, in line with those to table 19.3 in SOLAS, were also agreed.

Guidance on providing safe working conditions for securing of containers
The Sub-Committee further developed proposed amendments to the Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing (CSS Code), to include a new Annex giving guidance on providing a safe working platform for securing containers.

The aim is to ensure that persons carrying out container lashing operations on deck have safe access and places of work; and that this requirement is taken into account at the design stage when lashing systems are devised. The guidelines in the new annex will provide ship-owners, ship builders, classification societies, Administrations and ship designers with guidance on producing a Cargo Safe Access and Securing Plan.

Meanwhile, the Sub-Committee agreed to a draft MSC circular giving Revised Guidelines for the preparation of the Cargo Securing Manual and agreed draft revised Recommendations on safety of personnel during container securing operations.

Recommendations on the safe use of pesticides in ships
The Sub-Committee agreed to draft MSC circulars giving Recommendations on the safe use of pesticides in ships applicable to the fumigation of cargo holds and Recommendations on the safe use of pesticides in ships applicable to the fumigation of cargo transport units for submission to MSC 84 for approval.

Inspection programmes for cargo transport units (CTUs) carrying dangerous goods
The Sub-Committee noted an improvement in the rate of deficiencies found in container inspection programmes.

The 2007 consolidated report on container inspection programmes, prepared on the basis of reports for 2006, showed that, of a total 34,416 cargo transport units inspected, 8,319 were found with deficiencies, about 24% of those units inspected. A total of 10,606 deficiencies were found, giving a deficiency rate of 30.8%.

This compares with the 2006 consolidated report on container inspection programmes, which showed of a total 25,284 cargo transport units inspected, 7,979 were found with deficiencies, about 32% of those inspected. A total of 8,574 deficiencies were found, giving a deficiency rate of 34%.

The Sub-Committee agreed that the mandatory training of shore-side personnel and future work on revision of the CSC in the context of container examination programmes were both positive measures that would further improve the situation.

Draft amendment 34 08 to the IMDG Code approved
The Sub-Committee agree draft amendment 34 08 to the IMDG Code, for submission to the MSC for approval and subsequent adoption. The amendment includes changes to provisions for certain substances, including changes to requirements for documentation for dangerous goods in excepted quantities. Amendments to the IMDG Code arising from the outcome of the July meeting of the UN Sub Committee of Experts (UNSCOE 31) relating to the UN Recommendations on the transport of dangerous goods are also included.

Amendments to EmS Guide approved
The Sub-Committee agreed to a draft MSC circular on Carriage of dangerous goods, Amendments to the Revised Emergency Response Procedures for Ships Carrying Dangerous Goods (EmS Guide).

Marine pollutants circular approved
The Sub Committee approved a DSC circular on Marine Pollutants, which gives information on the Marine Pollutants provisions in the IMDG Code, which will come in to force on a voluntary basis from 1 January 2009 and mandatory from 1 January 2010, and a DSC circular on Guidance on the application of chapter 2.10 (Marine Pollutants) of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code (amendment 33-06).

Revision of Code of Safe Practice for ships carrying timber deck cargoes
A correspondence group was established to review Resolution A.715(17) Code of Safe Practice for ships carrying timber deck cargoes, paying particular attention to updating the requirements for safe and efficient securing.

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