🔍 Key Concepts

• IMDG Code (International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code) requirements for documentation on vessels bound foreign • What information must appear on shipping papers for n.o.s. (not otherwise specified) dangerous goods • Difference between labels/markings, stowage requirements, and paperwork/documentation requirements

💭 Think About

• Which option deals specifically with the information that must accompany a hazardous cargo, rather than what you do with the cargo itself? • For n.o.s. hazardous materials, why does the regulator care about the technical (chemical) name in addition to the general description? • Think about which actions would reduce safety or traceability of hazardous cargo instead of improving it.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify what the IMDG Code and 49 CFR/46 CFR emphasize as mandatory for documentation/shipping papers for hazardous materials carried by sea • Check whether removing labels after emptying, automatic logbook entries, or mandatory on-deck stowage are actually universal requirements, or only apply in special cases • Confirm that n.o.s. cargoes have extra identification requirements, especially regarding proper shipping name and technical name on the documents