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The International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code) provides standards for ship design, construction, equipment, and operation to safely transport dangerous chemicals at sea. It aims to minimize risks to ships, crews, and the environment from these chemicals. The IBC Code applies to chemical tankers built after 1986 and transports substances listed in Chapter 17. Ships must meet the Code's requirements and are classified based on the hazards of their cargo as Type 1, 2, or 3 with Type 1 surviving the most damage due to transporting the most hazardous chemicals.

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IBC Code

The International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code) provides standards for ship design, construction, equipment, and operation to safely transport dangerous chemicals at sea. It aims to minimize risks to ships, crews, and the environment from these chemicals. The IBC Code applies to chemical tankers built after 1986 and transports substances listed in Chapter 17. Ships must meet the Code's requirements and are classified based on the hazards of their cargo as Type 1, 2, or 3 with Type 1 surviving the most damage due to transporting the most hazardous chemicals.

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International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying

Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code)

Carriage of chemicals in bulk is covered by regulations in SOLAS Chapter VII - Carriage of dangerous goods and MARPOL
Annex II - Regulations for the Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk.

Both Conventions require chemical tankers built after 1 July 1986 to comply with the International Code for the
Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code).

The IBC Code provides an international standard for the safe carriage by sea of dangerous and noxious liquid chemicals in
bulk. To minimize the risks to ships, their crews and the environment, the Code prescribes the design and construction
standards of ships and the equipment they should carry, with due regard to the nature of the products involved. In
December 1985, by resolution MEPC.19(22), the Code was extended to cover marine pollution aspects and applies to ships
built after 1 July 1986. 

In October 2004, IMO adopted revised MARPOL Annex II Regulations for the control of pollution by noxious liquid
substances in bulk. This incorporates a four-category categorization system for noxious and liquid substances and it
entered into force on 1 January 2007.

Consequential amendments to the International Bulk Chemical Code (IBC Code) were also adopted in October 2004,
reflecting the changes to MARPOL Annex II. The amendments incorporate revisions to the categorization of certain
products relating to their properties as potential marine pollutants as well as revisions to ship type and carriage
requirements following their evaluation by the Evaluation of Hazardous Substances Working Group.

Ships constructed after 1986 carrying substances identified in chapter 17 of the IBC Code must follow the requirements for
design, construction, equipment and operation of ships contained in the Code.

Ships subject to the Code shall be designed to one of the following standards:

 A type 1 ship is a chemical tanker intended to transport chapter 17 products with very severe environmental and
safety hazards which require maximum preventive measures to preclude an escape of such cargo.
 A type 2 ship is a chemical tanker intended to transport chapter 17 products with appreciably severe
environmental and safety hazards which require significant preventive measures to preclude an escape of such
cargo.
 A type 3 ship is a chemical tanker intended to transport chapter 17 products with sufficiently severe
environmental and safety hazards which require a moderate degree of containment to increase survival capability
in a damaged condition.

Thus, a type 1 ship is a chemical tanker intended for the transportation of products considered to present the greatest
overall hazard and type 2 and type 3 for products of progressively lesser hazards. Accordingly, a type 1 ship shall survive
the most severe standard of damage and its cargo tanks shall be located at the maximum prescribed distance inboard
from the shell plating.

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