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IMSBC Code 2025 Edition

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IMSBC Code 2025 Edition Digital


In e-reader Format
IMSBC Code 2025 Edition Digital
International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code and supplement

$242.00 Contact us for discounted pricing on bulk orders.
The International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (IMSBC Code), adopted on 4 December 2008 by resolution MSC.268(85), entered into force on 1 January 2011, from which date it was made mandatory under the provisions of the SOLAS Convention. The present edition incorporates Amendment 08-25, which may be applied from 1 January 2026 on a voluntary basis, anticipating its envisaged official entry into force on 1 January 2027.

This publication also presents additional information that supplements the IMSBC Code, such as the Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers (BLU Code), BLU Manual and recommendations on the safe use of pesticides in ships applicable to the fumigation of cargo holds. The IMSBC Code and supplement is commended to Administrations, shipowners, shippers and masters and all others concerned with the standards to be applied in the safe stowage and shipment of solid bulk cargoes, excluding grain. 
Published by
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
Publication Date
November 2025
Edition
2025
Publisher's Ref
KM260E
Format
e-reader
Extent
760 pges


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IMSBC Code 2025 Edition
International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code and supplement

$370.00 Contact us for discounted pricing on bulk orders.
International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code and supplement

The International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (IMSBC Code), adopted on 4 December 2008 by resolution MSC.268(85), entered into force on 1 January 2011, from which date it was made mandatory under the provisions of the SOLAS Convention. The present edition incorporates Amendment 08-25, which may be applied from 1 January 2026 on a voluntary basis, anticipating its envisaged official entry into force on 1 January 2027.

This publication also presents additional information that supplements the IMSBC Code, such as the Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers (BLU Code), BLU Manual and recommendations on the safe use of pesticides in ships applicable to the fumigation of cargo holds. The IMSBC Code and supplement is commended to Administrations, shipowners, shippers and masters and all others concerned with the standards to be applied in the safe stowage and shipment of solid bulk cargoes, excluding grain. 
Published by
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
Publication Date
January 2026
Edition
2025
Publisher's Ref
IM260E
Format
Paperback
Extent
760 pages