SR IMSBC Code & Sup. 2025 Ed

SeaReader eBook IMSBC Code International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code and Supplement - Incorporating Amendment 08-25 The International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (IMSBC Code), adopted on 4 December 2008 by resolution MSC.268(85), entered into force on 1 January 2011, from which date it was made mandatory under the provisions of the SOLAS Convention. The present edition incorporates Amendment 08-25, which may be applied from 1 January 2026 on a voluntary basis, anticipating its envisaged official entry into force on 1January 2027. This publication also presents additional information that supplements the IMSBC Code, such as theCode of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of BulkCarriers (BLU Code), BLU Manual and recommendations on the safe use of pesticides in ships applicable to the fumigationof cargo holds. The IMSBC Code and supplement is commended to Administrations, shipowners, shippers and masters and allothers concerned with the standards to be applied in the safe stowage and shipment of solid bulk cargoes, excluding grain.