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3 ANNEX 12 Page 24 FORM FOR CARGO INFORMATION for Solid Bulk Cargoes BCSN Shipper Consignee Name/means of transport Port/place of departure Port/place of destination General description of the cargo (Type of material/particle size)* Gross mass (kg/tonnes) Transport document Number Carrier Instructions or other matters

Specifications of bulk cargo, if applicable: Stowage factor: Angle of repose, if applicable: Trimming procedures: Chemical properties if potential hazard*: * e.g., Class & UN No. or MHB Group of the cargo Group A & B* Group A* Group B Group C Relevant special properties of the cargo (e.g., highly soluble in water)

For cargoes which may liquefy (Group A and Group A & B cargoes) Transportable Moisture Limit
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Moisture content at shipment Additional certificate(s)* Certificate of moisture content and transportable moisture limit Weathering certificate Exemption certificate Other (specify)
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If required

DECLARATION Name/status, company/organization of I hereby declare that the consignment is signatory fully and accurately described and that the given test results and other specifications are correct to the best of my knowledge and Place and date belief and can be considered as representative for the cargo to be loaded. Signature on behalf of shipper

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MSC 84/24/Add.3 ANNEX 12 Page 25 4.3 Certificates of test

4.3.1 To obtain the information required in 4.2.1 the shipper shall arrange for the cargo to be properly sampled and tested. The shipper shall provide the ships master or his representative with the appropriate certificates of test, if required in this Code. 4.3.2 When a concentrate or other cargo which may liquefy is carried, the shipper shall provide the ships master or his representative with a signed certificate of the TML, and a signed certificate or declaration of the moisture content. The certificate of TML shall contain, or be accompanied by the result of the test for determining the TML. The declaration of moisture content shall contain, or be accompanied by, a statement by the shipper that the moisture content is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the average moisture content of the cargo at the time the declaration is presented to the master. 4.3.3 When a concentrate or other cargo which may liquefy is to be loaded into more than one cargo space of a ship, the certificate or the declaration of moisture content shall certify the moisture content of each type of finely grained material loaded into each cargo space. Notwithstanding this requirement, if sampling according to an internationally or nationally accepted standard procedures indicates that the moisture content is uniform throughout the consignment, then one certificate or declaration of average moisture content for all cargo spaces is acceptable. 4.3.4 Where certification is required by the individual schedules for cargoes possessing chemical hazards, the certificate shall contain, or be accompanied by, a statement from the shipper that the chemical characteristics of the cargo are, to the best of his knowledge, those present at the time of the ships loading. 4.4 Sampling procedures

4.4.1 Physical property tests on the consignment are meaningless unless they are conducted prior to loading on truly representative test samples. 4.4.2 Sampling shall be conducted only by persons who have been suitably trained in sampling procedures and who are under the supervision of someone who is fully aware of the properties of the consignment and also the applicable principles and practices of sampling. 4.4.3 Prior to taking samples, and within the limits of practicability, a visual inspection of the consignment which is to form the ships cargo shall be carried out. Any substantial portions of material which appear to be contaminated or significantly different in characteristics or moisture content from the bulk of the consignment shall be sampled and analysed separately. Depending upon the results obtained in these tests, it may be necessary to reject those particular portions as unfit for shipment. 4.4.4 Representative samples shall be obtained by employing techniques which take the following factors into account: .1 .2 the type of material; the particle size distribution;

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MSC 84/24/Add.3 ANNEX 12 Page 26 .3 .4 composition of the material and its variability; the manner in which the material is stored, in stockpiles, rail wagons or other containers, and transferred or loaded by material-handling systems such as conveyors, loading chutes, crane grabs, etc.; the chemical hazards (toxicity, corrosivity, etc.); the characteristics which have to be determined: moisture content, TML, bulk density/stowage factor, angle of repose, etc.; variations in moisture distribution throughout the consignment which may occur due to weather conditions, natural drainage, e.g., to lower levels of stockpiles or containers, or other forms of moisture migration; and variations which may occur following freezing of the material.

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4.4.5 Throughout the sampling procedures, utmost care shall be taken to prevent changes in quality and characteristics. Samples shall be immediately placed in suitable sealed containers which are properly marked. 4.4.6 Unless expressly provided otherwise, sampling for the test required by this Code shall follow an internationally or nationally accepted standard procedure. 4.5 Interval between sampling/testing and loading for TML and moisture content determination

4.5.1 A test to determine the TML of a solid bulk cargo shall be conducted within six months to the date of loading the cargo. Notwithstanding this provision, where the composition or characteristics of the cargo are variable for any reason, a test to determine the TML shall be conducted again after it is reasonably assumed that such variation has taken place. 4.5.2 Sampling and testing for moisture content shall be conducted as near as practicable to the time of loading. If there has been significant rain or snow between the time of testing and loading, check tests shall be conducted to ensure that the moisture content of the cargo is still less than its TML. The interval between sampling/testing and loading shall never be more than seven days. 4.5.3 Samples of frozen cargo shall be tested for the TML or the moisture content after the free moisture has completely thawed. 4.6 Sampling procedures for concentrate stockpiles

4.6.1 It is not practicable to specify a single method of sampling for all consignments since the character of the material and the form in which it is available will affect the selection of the procedure to be used. In the absence of internationally or nationally accepted standard sampling procedures, the following sampling procedures for concentrate stockpiles may be used to determine the moisture content and the TML of mineral concentrates. These procedures are not intended to replace sampling procedures, such as the use of automatic sampling, that achieve equal or superior accuracy of either moisture content or TML.
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MSC 84/24/Add.3 ANNEX 12 Page 27 4.6.2 Sub-samples are taken in a reasonably uniform pattern, where possible from a leveled stockpile. 4.6.3 A plan of the stockpile is drawn and divided into areas, each of which contains approximately 125 t, 250 t or 500 t depending on the amount of concentrate to be shipped. Such a plan will indicate the number of sub-samples required and where each is to be taken. Each sub-sample taken is drawn from approximately 50 cm below the surface of the designated area. 4.6.4 The number of sub-samples and sample size are given by the competent authority or determined in accordance with the following scale: Consignments of not more than 15,000 t: One 200 g sub-sample is taken for each 125 t to be shipped. Consignments of more than 15,000 but not more than 60,000 t: One 200 g sub-sample is taken for each 250 t to be shipped. Consignments of more than 60,000 t: One 200 g sub-sample is taken for each 500 t to be shipped. 4.6.5 Sub-samples for moisture content determination are placed in sealed containers (such as plastic bags, cans, or small metallic drums) immediately on withdrawal for conveyance to the testing laboratory, where they are thoroughly mixed in order to obtain a fully representative sample. Where testing facilities are not available at the testing site, such mixing is done under controlled conditions at the stockpile and the representative sample placed in a sealed container and shipped to the test laboratory. 4.6.6 Basic procedural steps include: .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 identification of consignment to be sampled; determination of the number of individual sub-samples and representative samples, as described in 4.6.4, which are required; determination of the positions from which to obtain sub-samples and the method of combining such sub-samples to arrive at a representative sample; gathering of individual sub-samples and placing them in sealed containers; thorough mixing of sub-samples to obtain the representative sample; and placing the representative sample in a sealed container if it has to be shipped to a test laboratory.

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MSC 84/24/Add.3 ANNEX 12 Page 28 4.7 Examples of standardized sampling procedures, for information ISO 3082: 1998 ISO 1988: 1975 ASTMD2234-99 Australian Standards AS 4264.1 AS 1141 Series BS.1017:1989 BS 1017 BS 1017 Coal and Coke-Sampling Part 1: Higher rank coal Sampling Procedures Methods of sampling and testing aggregates Methods of sampling coal and coke British Standard Part 1: 1989 methods of sampling of coal British Standard Part 2: 1994 methods of sampling of coal Iron ores Sampling and sample preparation procedures Hard coal Sampling Standard Practice for Collection of a Gross Sample of Coal

Canadian Standard Sampling Procedure for Concentrate Stockpiles European Communities Method of Sampling for the Control of Fertilizers JIS M 8100 JIS M 8100: 1992 Japanese General Rules for Methods of Sampling Bulk Materials Particulate cargoes General Rules for Methods of Sampling

Polish Standard Sampling Procedure for: Iron and Manganese Ores Ref. No. PN-67/H-04000 Non-ferrous Metals Ref. No. PN-70/H-04900 Russian Federation Standard Sampling Procedure for the Determination of Moisture Content in Ore Concentrates. 4.8 Documentation required on board the ship carrying dangerous goods

4.8.1 Each ship carrying dangerous goods in solid form in bulk shall have a special list or manifest setting forth the dangerous goods on board and the location thereof, in accordance with SOLAS regulation VII/10.2. A detailed stowage plan, which identifies by class and sets out the location of all dangerous goods on board, may be used in place of such a special list or manifest. 4.8.2 When dangerous goods in solid form in bulk are carried appropriate instructions on emergency response to incidents involving the cargoes shall be on board. 4.8.3 Cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage and over constructed on or after 1 September 1984 and cargo ships of less than 500 gross tonnage constructed on or after 1 February 1992, subject to SOLAS regulation II-2/19.4 (or II-2/54.3), shall have a Document of Compliance when carrying dangerous goods in solid form in bulk except class 6.2 and class 7.
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