Revised Form: Cargo Info for Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMO)

The International Maritime Organization has issued the revised form for cargo information for solid bulk cargoes.

MSC.1/Circ.1664 was issued on 26 June 2023.

Revised Form for Cargo Information for Solid Bulk Cargoes

1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its 107th session (31 May to 9 June 2023), in reviewing the outcome of the eighth session of the Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (CCC 8), recognized the urgent need to resolve a discrepancy between the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code and regulation XII/10 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, concerning the omission of bulk density information in the form for cargo information for solid bulk cargoes, and approved the revised form for cargo information for solid bulk cargoes, pending formal entry into force of the amendments to the IMSBC Code, as given in the annex to this circular.

2 Member Governments are invited to bring the revised form to the attention of all concerned, taking into account the voluntary application date of 1 January 2024 for amendment 07-23 of the IMSBC Code, pending its envisaged entry into force on 1 January 2025, and in particular to:
.1 encourage shippers to use cargo information in accordance with the revised form; and
.2 request port State control officers to note the situation, and use discretion when the ship does not have the required cargo density information until the amendments to the IMSBC Code enter into force.