IMDG Amendment 36-12 can be used voluntarily from 1 January 2013 ; will become mandatory from 1 January 2014.

List of UN numbers are up to 3506 and there are significant changes to Stowage and segregation, Sources of heat, Foodstuffs, Limited quantities and Explosives.

Part 7 has gone through a major shuffling by changing the order of  subsections and chapters.

You may visit http://www.imdgsupport.com/ to get details of changes highlighted by Exis Technologies.

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25 years in Merchant Shipping, Last 13 years working on Packaged Dangerous Goods Sailor, Ex Manager Global Dangerous Goods Maersk Line * Freelance Photographer *Amateur Cyclist

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