Annex

Table 1 - List of Solid Bulk Cargoes for Which a Fixed Gas Fire-Extinguishing System may be Exempted

1 Cargoes including, but not limited to, those listed in SOLAS regulation II-2/10:

Ore
Coal (COAL and BROWN COAL BRIQUETTES)
Grain
Unseasoned timber

2 Cargoes listed in the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code, which are not combustible or constitute a low fire risk, as follows:

.1 all cargoes not categorized into group B in the IMSBC Code;

.2 the following cargoes categorized into group B in the IMSBC Code:
- ALUMINA HYDRATE
- ALUMINIUM SMELTING BY-PRODUCTS UN 3170
- (Both the names ALUMINIUM SMELTING BY-PRODUCTS or ALUMINIUM REMELTING BY-PRODUCTS are in use as proper shipping name)
- ALUMINIUM FERROSILICON POWDER UN 1395
- ALUMINIUM SILICON POWDER, UNCOATED UN 1398
- AMORPHOUS SODIUM SILICATE LUMPS
- BORIC ACID
- CLINKER ASH
- COAL TAR PITCH
- DIRECT REDUCED IRON (A) Briquettes, hot-moulded
- FERROPHOSPHORUS (including briquettes)
- FERROSILICON UN 1408, with 30% or more but less than 90% silicon (including briquettes)
- FERROSILICON, with at least 25% but less than 30% silicon, or 90% or more silicon
- FLUE DUST, CONTAINING LEAD AND ZINC
- FLUORSPAR
- GRANULATED NICKEL MATTE (less than 2% moisture content)
- LEACH RESIDUE CONTAINING LEAD
- LIME (UNSLAKED)
- LOGS
- MAGNESIA (UNSLAKED)
- MATTE CONTAINING COPPER AND LEAD
- MONOCALCIUMPHOSPHATE (MCP)
- MONOAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE (M.A.P.), MINERAL ENRICHED COATING
- PEAT MOSS
- PETROLEUM COKE (calcined or uncalcined)^footnote
- PITCH PRILL
- PULP WOOD
- PYRITES, CALCINED (calcined pyrites)
- RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, LOW SPECIFIC ACTIVITY (LSA-I), non-fissile or fissile-excepted UN 2912
- RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, SURFACE CONTAMINATED OBJECTS (SCO-I), non-fissile or fissile-excepted UN 2913
- ROUNDWOOD
- SAND, MINERAL CONCENTRATE, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, LOW SPECIFIC ACTIVITY (LSA-I) UN 2912
- SAW LOGS
- SILICOMANGANESE (low carbon)
- SULPHUR, UN 1350 (crushed lump and coarse grained)
- SUPERPHOSPHATE (triple, granular)
- TIMBER
- VANADIUM ORE
- WOODCHIPS, with moisture content of 15% or more
- WOOD PELLETS NOT CONTAINING ANY ADDITIVES AND/OR BINDERS
- ZINC ASHES UN 1435
- ZINC OXIDE ENRICHED FLUE DUST
.3 cargoes assigned to the following generic group B shipping schedules when they do not exhibit any self-heating, flammability or water-reactive flammability hazards in accordance with the MHB tests and classification criteria contained in the Code:
- METAL SULPHIDE CONCENTRATES
- METAL SULPHIDE CONCENTRATES, CORROSIVE UN 1759

3 Solid bulk cargoes which are not listed in the IMSBC Code, provided that:

.1 they are assessed in accordance with section 1.3 of the Code;
.2 they do not present hazards of group B as defined in the Code; and
.3 a certificate has been provided by the competent authority of the port of loading to the master in accordance with 1.3.2 of the Code.

Table 2 - List of Solid Bulk Cargoes for Which a Fixed Gas Fire-Extinguishing System is Ineffective and for Which a Fire-Extinguishing System Giving Equivalent Protection Shall be Available

The following cargoes are categorized into group B of the IMSBC Code:

ALUMINIUM NITRATE UN 1438
AMMONIUM NITRATE UN 1942, with not more than 0.2% total combustible material, including any organic substance, calculated as carbon to the exclusion of any other added substance
AMMONIUM NITRATE BASED FERTILIZER MHB
AMMONIUM NITRATE BASED FERTILIZER UN 2067
AMMONIUM NITRATE BASED FERTILIZER UN 2071
BARIUM NITRATE UN 1446
CALCIUM NITRATE UN 1454
LEAD NITRATE UN 1469
MAGNESIUM NITRATE UN 1474
POTASSIUM NITRATE UN 1486
SODIUM NITRATE UN 1498
SODIUM NITRATE AND POTASSIUM NITRATE, MIXTURE UN 1499