International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk. IBC Code 2016. Международный кодекс постройки и оборудования судов, перевозящих опасные химические грузы наливом. Кодекс МКХ 2016

On 17 June 1983, the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) adopted, by resolution MSC.4(48), the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code). Under the provisions of chapter VII of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS 74), as amended, chemical tankers constructed on or after 1 July 1986 must comply with the provisions of the Code.
On 5 December 1985, by resolution MEPC.19(22), the IBC Code was extended by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) to cover marine pollution aspects for the implementation of Annex II to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL, see paragraph 6). Under the provisions of Annex II of MARPOL, chemical tankers constructed on or after 1 July 1986 must comply with the provisions of the Code.
This edition of the Code incorporates a number of amendments which have entered into force since the Code was last published in 2007, including:
1 resolutions MEPC.166(56) and MSC.219(82), amending the fire protection requirements set out in chapter 11 and the product list included in chapter 17, which entered into force 1 January 2009 .
2 resolutions MEPC.225(64) and MSC.340(91) that update the product information set out in chapters 17, 18 and 19, which entered into force on 1 June 2014 .
3 resolutions MEPC.250(66) and MSC.369(93), amending certain stability, tank purging, venting and inerting requirements, which entered into force on 1 January 2016
Under regulation 11 of Annex II to MARPOL, chemical tankers constructed before 1 July 1986 must comply with the provisions of the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (BCH Code). Under SOLAS 74, the BCH Code remains as a recommendation. The BCH Code is issued as a separate publication.
Previously, appendices II and Ill of Annex II to MARPOL contained lists of products which were reproduced in chapters 17 and 18 of the IBC Code as well as chapters VI and VII of pre-1993 editions of the BCH Code. However, since 1993, the lists of products in chapters VI and VII of the BCH Code have been replaced by references to the IBC Code, and the lists of products in Annex II to MARPOL have been deleted. As a result, the IBC Code is now the definitive source of names for products subject to Annex II to MARPOL.
As the MARPOL Convention has also been modified by the Protocol of 1997, whereby, a sixth Annex addressing "Regulations for the prevention of air pollution from ships" was added, it was decided by the Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its fifty-sixth session, that when referring to the Convention as a whole, the term "MARPOL'' was now preferred to "MARPOL 73/78", as the latter would leave Annex VI outside its scope. All references to "MARPOL 73/78" in this edition of the Code have been amended accordingly, to reflect this change.
Reference is also made within the Code to the MEPC.2/Circulars, issued annually in December. These contain, inter alia, details of products that have been the subject of Tripartite Agreements and serve, in effect, as a supplement to the IBC Code during the interim period prior to the entry into force of relevant amendments to the Code. Annex 1 of the MEPC.2/Circular includes products that are expected to become new entries, or amend information in existing entries in the IBC Code. The product information set out in the circular serves as prior notice of the carriage conditions which will apply to that product when the next set of amendments enters into force.
A number of other reference documents related to the IBC Code are included as an appendix to this publication. These provide useful guidance and information with respect to a number of issues addressed by the Code.
A compact disc containing chapters 17, 18 and 19 of the Code, in portable document format (PDF), is also provided with the book, so that these chapters may be searched electronically.

Contents
Foreword
IBC Code
Preamble
Chapter 1 - General
1.1 Application
1.2 Hazards
1.3 Definitions
1.4 Equivalents
1.5 Surveys and certification
Chapter 2 - Ship survival capability and location of cargo tanks
2.1 General
2.2 Freeboard and stability
2.3 Shipside discharges below the freeboard deck
2.4 Conditions of loading
2.5 Damage assumptions
2.6 Location of cargo tanks
2.7 Flooding assumptions
2.8 Standard of damage
2.9 Survival requirements
Chapter 3 - Ship arrangements
3.1 Cargo segregation
3.2 Accommodation, service and machinery spaces and control stations
3.3 Cargo pump-rooms
3.4 Access to spaces in the cargo area
3.5 Bilge and ballast arrangements
3.6 Pump and pipeline identification
3.7 Bow or stern loading and unloading arrangements
Chapter 4 - Cargo containment
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Tank type requirements for individual products
Chapter 5 - Cargo transfer
5.1 Piping scantlings
5.2 Piping fabrication and joining details
5.3 Flange connections
5.4 Test requirements for piping
5.5 Piping arrangements
5.6 Cargo-transfer control systems
5.7 Ship's cargo hoses
Chapter 6 - Materials of construction, protective linings and coatings
Chapter 7 - Cargo temperature control
7.1 General
7.2 Additional requirements
Chapter 8 - Cargo tank venting and gas-freeing arrangements
8.1 Application
8.2 Cargo tank venting
8.3 Types of tank venting systems
8.4 Venting requirements for individual products
8.5 Cargo tank purging
8.6 Cargo tank gas-freeing
Chapter 9 - Environmental control
9.1 General
9.2 Environmental control requirements for individual products
Chapter 10 - Electrical installations
10.1 General
10.2 Bonding
10.3 Electrical requirements for individual products
Chapter 11 - Fire protection and fire extinction
11.1 General
11.2 Cargo pump-rooms
11.3 Cargo area
11.4 Special requirements
Chapter 12 - Mechanical ventilation in the cargo area
12.1 Spaces normally entered during cargo-handling operations
12.2 Pump-rooms and other enclosed spaces normally entered
12.3 Spaces not normally entered
Chapter 13 - Instrumentation
13.1 Gauging
13.2 Vapour detection
Chapter 14 - Personnel protection
14.1 Protective equipment
14.2 Safety equipment
14.3 Emergency equipment
Chapter 15 - Special requirement's
15.1 General
15.2 Ammonium nitrate solution (93% or less)
15.3 Carbon disulphide
15.4 Diethyl ether
15.5 Hydrogen peroxide solutions
15.6 Motor fuel anti-knock compounds (containing lead alkyls)
15.7 Phosphorus, yellow or white
15.8 Propylene oxide or ethylene oxide/propylene oxide mixtures with an ethylene oxide content of not more than 30% by mass
15.9 Sodium chlorate solution (50% or less by mass)
15.10 Sulphur (molten)
15.11 Acids
15.12 Toxic products
15.13 Cargoes protected by additives
15.14 Cargoes with a vapour pressure greater than 0.1013 MPa absolute at 37.8°C
15.15 Cargoes with low ignition temperature and wide flammability range
15.16 Cargo contamination
15.17 Increased ventilation requirements
15.18 Special cargo pump-room requirements
15.19 Overflow control
15.20 Alkyl (C7-C9) nitrates, all isomers
15.21 Temperature sensors
Chapter 16 - Operational requirements
16.1 Maximum allowable quantity of cargo per tank
16.2 Cargo information
16.3 Personnel training
16.4 Opening of and entry into cargo tanks
16.5 Stowage of cargo samples
16.6 Cargoes not to be exposed to excessive heat
Chapter 17 - Summary of minimum requirements
Chapter 18 - List of products to which the Code does not apply
Chapter 19 - Index of Products Carried in Bulk
Chapter 20 - Transport of liquid chemical wastes
20.1 Preamble
20.2 Definitions
20.3 Applicability
20.4 Permitted shipments
20.5 Documentation
20.6 Classification of liquid chemical wastes
20.7 Carriage and handling of liquid chemical wastes
Chapter 21 - Criteria for assigning carriage requirements for products subject to the IBC Code
21.1 Introduction
21.2 Contents
21.3 Minimum safety and pollution criteria for products subject to chapter 17 of the IBC Code
21.4 Criteria used to assign the minimum carriage requirements for products which meet the minimum safety or pollution criteria to make them subject to chapter 17 of the IBC Code
21.5 Criteria for special requirements in chapter 15 to be included in column o
21.6 Criteria for special requirements in chapter 16 to be included in column o
21.7 Definitions
Appendix - Model form of International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk
Standards and Guidelines relevant to the IBC Code
Equivalency arrangements for the carriage of styrene monomer MSC/Circ.879 and MEPC/Circ.348
Recommendation for the use of a standard format for the cargo information required by chapter 16 of the IBC Code MSC/Circ.1100 and MEPC/Circ.407
Guidelines on the basic elements of a shipboard occupational health and safety programme MSC-MEPC.2/Circ.3
Revised minimum safety standards for ships carrying liquids in bulk containing benzene MSC/Circ.1095
Revised Guidelines for the transport of vegetable oils in deeptanks or in independent tanks specially designed for the carriage of such vegetable oils in general dry cargo ships Resolution MEPC.148(54)
Revised Guidelines for the provisional assessment of liquid substances transported in bulk MEPC.1/Circ.512
Revised PPR Product Data Reporting Form and related guidance notes MEPC.1/Circ.857
Example of an optional shipping document for the purposes of MARPOL Annex II and the IBC Code BLG.1/Circ.18
Use of specific product names in preference to generic descriptions when offering bulk liquid cargoes for shipment BLG.1/Circ.25
Decisions with regard to the categorization and classification of products BLG.1/Circ.33
2011 Guidelines for the carriage of blends of petroleum oil and biofuels MEPC.1/Circ.761/Rev.1
Products requiring oxygen-dependant inhibitors MSC-MEPC.2/Circ.14
Example of a certificate of protection for products requiring oxygen-dependent inhibitors Draft MSC-MEPC Circular