Chapter 6.2
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.262(84) – Adoption of Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code – (Adopted on 16 May 2008) - Annex – Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code - Part 6 - Chapter 6.2

Chapter 6.2

  Title Replace “ and small receptacles containing gas (gas cartridges) ” with “, small receptacles containing gas (gas cartridges) and fuel cell cartridges containing liquefied flammable gas

  6.2.1 Replace “and small receptacles containing gas (gas cartridges)” with “, small receptacles containing gas (gas cartridges) and fuel cell cartridges containing liquefied flammable gas”

  6.2.1.1.6 Replace “Manifolds shall be designed such that they are protected from impact.” with “Manifold assemblies (e.g., manifold, valves, and pressure gauges) shall be designed and constructed such that they are protected from impact damage and forces normally encountered in transport. Manifolds shall have at least the same test pressure as the cylinders.”

 Replace “means shall be provided” with “each pressure receptacle shall have an isolation valve”

  6.2.1.1.9 Insert “ Additional requirements for the construction of pressure receptacles for acetylene ”.

 Pressure receptacles for UN 1001 acetylene, dissolved, and UN 3374 acetylene, solvent free, shall be filled with a porous material, uniformly distributed, of a type that conforms to the requirements and testing specified by the competent authority and which:

  • .1 is compatible with the pressure receptacle and does not form harmful or dangerous compounds either with the acetylene or with the solvent in the case of UN 1001; and

  • .2 is capable of preventing the spread of decomposition of the acetylene in the porous material.

 In the case of UN 1001, the solvent shall be compatible with the pressure receptacles.”

  6.2.1.3.1 Replace “Except for pressure relief devices, valves, piping, fittings and other equipment subjected to pressure shall be designed and constructed to withstand at least 1.5 times the test pressure of the pressure receptacles.” with “Valves, piping and other fittings subjected to pressure, excluding pressure relief devices, shall be designed and constructed so that the burst pressure is at least 1.5 times the test pressure of the pressure receptacle.”

  6.2.1.6.1.5 Insert new paragraph “.5 Check of service equipment, other accessories and pressure-relief devices, if to be reintroduced into service.”

  6.2.1.6.2 Replace paragraph with “Pressure receptacles intended for the transport of UN 1001 acetylene, dissolved and UN 3374 acetylene, solvent free, shall be examined only as specified in 6.2.1.6.1.1, 6.2.1.6.3 and 6.2.1.6.1.5. In addition the condition of the porous material (e.g., cracks, top clearance, loosening, or settlement) shall be examined.”

  6.2.2.1.3 Delete “ISO 11118:1999 Gas cylinders – Non-refillable metallic gas cylinders – Specification and test methods”

  6.2.2.2 Insert after the table “Note: The limitations imposed in ISO 11114-1 on high strength steel alloys at ultimate tensile strength levels up to 1 100 MPa do not apply to SILANE (UN 2203).” after “Part 2: Non-metallic materials”

  6.2.2.4 Replace “ISO 6406:1992 Periodic inspection and testing of seamless steel gas cylinders” with “ISO 6406:2005 Seamless steel gas cylinders – Periodic inspection and testing”

 Replace “ISO 10461:1993” with “ISO 10461:2005/A1:2006”

 Replace “ISO 10462:1994 Cylinders for dissolved acetylene – Periodic inspection and maintenance” with “ISO 10462:2005 Transportable cylinders for dissolved acetylene – Periodic inspection and maintenance”

  6.2.2.7.1 Replace “This symbol shall only be marked on pressure receptacles which conform to the provisions of this Code for UN pressure receptacles.” with “This symbol shall not be used for any purpose other than certifying that a packaging complies with the relevant requirements in chapter 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5 or 6.6.”

  6.2.4 Replace “and small receptacles containing gas (gas cartridges)” with “, small receptacles containing gas (gas cartridges) and fuel cell cartridges containing liquefied flammable gas”

  6.2.4.1 Insert “and fuel cell cartridges containing liquefied flammable gas” after “(gas cartridges)”

  6.2.4.1.1 Insert “or fuel cell cartridge” after “Each receptacle”

 Insert “or the fuel cell cartridge” after “95% of the capacity of the receptacle”

 Insert “or the fuel cell cartridges” after “or if the receptacles”

 Insert “or fuel cell cartridge” after “but in addition one receptacle”

  6.2.4.1.2 Insert “or fuel cell cartridge” after “receptacle” (twice)

  6.2.4.2.2.3 Replace “weight” with “mass”

  Consequential amendments:

  Contents page:

  Chapter 6.2 Replace “and small receptacles containing gas (gas cartridges)” with “, small receptacles containing gas (gas cartridges) and fuel cell cartridges containing liquefied flammable gas

  6.2.1.4 Renumber “6.2.1.4” as “6.2.1.5”

 Renumber “6.2.1.4.1” as “6.2.1.5.1”

 Renumber “6.2.1.4.2” as “6.2.1.5.2”

  6.2.1.5 Renumber “6.2.1.5” as “6.2.1.6”

 Renumber “6.2.1.5.1” as “6.2.1.6.1”

 Renumber “6.2.1.5.1”as “6.2.1.6.2”

  6.2.1.6 Renumber “6.2.1.6” as “6.2.1.4”

 Renumber “6.2.1.6.1” as “6.2.1.4.1”

 Renumber “6.2.1.6.1” as “6.2.1.4.2”

  6.2.4 Replace “and small receptacles containing gas (gas cartridges)” with “, small receptacles containing gas (gas cartridges) and fuel cell cartridges containing liquefied flammable gas”

  4.1.6.1.4 Replace “6.2.1.5” with “6.2.1.6”

  4.1.6.1.10 Replace “6.2.1.5” with “6.2.1.6”

  4.2.4.2 Replace “6.2.1.5” with “6.2.1.6”

  6.2.1.4.2 Replace “6.2.1.4.1.1” with “6.2.1.5.1.1”

 Replace “6.2.1.4.1.2” with “6.2.1.5.1.2”

 Replace “6.2.1.4.1.4” with “6.2.1.5.1.4”

 Replace “6.2.1.4.1.6” with “6.2.1.5.1.6”

 Replace “6.2.1.4.1.7” with “6.2.1.5.1.7”

 Replace “6.2.1.4.1.8” with “6.2.1.5.1.8”

 Replace “6.2.1.4.1.9” with “6.2.1.5.1.9”

  6.7.5.12.4 Replace “6.2.1.5” with “6.2.1.6”


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