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hazards - 9.3 Stowage and segregation requirements - 9.3.4 Segregation between solid bulk cargoes
possessing chemical hazards

9.3.4 Segregation between solid bulk cargoes possessing

chemical hazards
Unless otherwise required in this section or in the individual schedules for cargoes of Group B,
segregation between solid bulk cargoes possessing chemical hazards shall be according to the
following table:

Solid bulk materials

Class/ 4.1 4.2 4.3 5.1 6.1 7 8 9 MHB

division

Flammable solids 4.1 X

Substances liable to spontaneous combustion 4.2 2 X

Substances which, in contact with water, emit 4.3 3 3 X

flammable gases

Oxidizing substances 5.1 3 3 3 X

Toxic substances 6.1 X X X 2 X

Radioactive materials 7 2 2 2 2 2 X

Corrosive substances 8 2 2 2 2 X 2 X

Miscellaneous dangerous substances and 9 X X X X X 2 X X

articles

Materials hazardous only in bulk (MHB) MHB X X X X X 2 X X X

Numbers relate to the following segregation terms:

2 “Separated from”:

In different holds when stowed under deck. Provided an

intervening deck is resistant to fire and liquid, a vertical
separation, i.e. in different compartments, may be accepted
as equivalent to this segregation.

3 “Separated by a complete compartment or hold from”:

Either a vertical or a horizontal separation. If the decks are

not resistant to fire and liquid, then only a longitudinal

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separation, i.e. by an intervening complete compartment, is

acceptable.

X Segregation, if any, is shown in the individual schedules in this Code.

Legend

Reference bulk material

Incompatible bulk material

Deck resistant to liquid and fire

NOTE: Vertical lines represent transverse watertight bulkheads between cargo spaces.

Parent topic: 9.3 Stowage and segregation requirements

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