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Chapter 18
List of products to which the Code does not apply
18.1 The following are products, which have been reviewed for their safety and pollution hazards and determined not to present hazards to such an extent as to warrant application of the Code.
18.2 Although the products listed in this chapter fall outside the scope of the Code, the attention of Administrations is drawn to the fact that some safety precautions may be needed for their safe transportation. Accordingly, Administrations shall prescribe appropriate safety requirements.
18.3 Some liquid substances are identified as falling into Pollution Category Z and, therefore, subject to certain requirements of Annex II of MARPOL 73/78.
18.4 Liquid mixtures which are assessed or provisionally assessed under regulation 6.3 of MARPOL Annex II as falling into Pollution Category Z or OS, and which do not present safety hazards, may be carried under the appropriate entry in this chapter for "Noxious or Non-Noxious Liquid Substances, not otherwise specified (n.o.s.)".
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Product name
The product name shall be used in the shipping document for any cargo offered for bulk shipments. Any additional name may be included in brackets after the product name. In some cases, the product names are not identical with the names given in previous issues of the Code.
Pollution Category
The letter Z means the Pollution Category assigned to each product under Annex II of MARPOL 73/78. OS means the product was evaluated and found to fall outside Categories X, Y, or Z.
Chapter 18
| Product name |
Pollution Category |
| Acetone |
Z |
| Alcoholic beverages, n.o.s. |
Z |
| Apple juice |
OS |
| n-Butyl alcohol |
Z |
| sec-Butyl alcohol |
Z |
| Clay slurry |
OS |
| Coal slurry |
OS |
| Diethylene glycol |
Z |
| Ethyl alcohol |
Z |
| Ethylene carbonate |
Z |
| Glucose solution |
OS |
| Glycerine |
Z |
| Glycerol monooleate |
Z |
| Hexamethylenetetramine solutions |
Z |
| Hexylene glycol |
Z |
| Isopropyl alcohol |
Z |
| Kaolin slurry |
OS |
| Magnesium hydroxide slurry |
Z |
| N-Methylglucamine solution (70% or less) |
Z |
| Methyl propyl ketone |
Z |
| Molasses |
OS |
| Noxious liquid, (11) n.o.s. (trade name ...., contains ....) Cat. Z |
Z |
| Non-noxious liquid, (12) n.o.s. (trade name ...., contains ....) Cat. OS |
OS |
| Polyaluminium chloride solution |
Z |
| Potassium formate solutions |
Z |
| Propylene carbonate |
Z |
| Propylene glycol |
Z |
| Sodium acetate solutions |
Z |
| Sodium sulphate solutions |
Z |
| Tetraethyl silicate monomer/oligomer (20% in ethanol) |
Z |
| Triethylene glycol |
Z |
| Water |
OS |
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