IMO IMDG Code: 2024 [digital]

IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code

Lays out the regulatory framework for all aspects of handling dangerous goods and maritime pollutants in sea transport.

Amendment 42-24 includes revisions to various sections of the Code and to transport requirements for specific substances. It was adopted by IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee at its 108th session in May 2024 and is mandatory from 1 January 2026, but may be applied on a voluntary basis from 1 January 2025.

What’s in it
The IMDG Code lays down basic principles: detailed recommendations for individual substances, materials and articles, and a number of recommendations for good operational practice, including advice on terminology, packing, labelling, stowage, segregation and handling, and emergency response action.

Who uses it
Although the information in the Code is directed primarily at the mariner, its provisions may affect a range of industries and services: manufacturers, packers, shippers, feeder services such as road and rail, and port authorities will find reliable advice on terminology, packing, labelling, classification, stowage, segregation, and emergency response action.

The two-volume Code is divided into seven parts:

Volume 1 (parts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Code) contains sections on:
• general provisions, definitions and training
• classification • packing and tank provisions • consignment procedures
• construction and testing of packagings, IBCs, large packagings, portable tanks, MEGCs and road tank vehicles
• transport operations

Volume 2 contains part 3 (Dangerous Goods List, special provisions and exceptions), appendices A and B (generic and N.O.S. Proper Shipping Names, and glossary of terms) and an index

Published: October, 2024

Also available as:

• IMO IMDG Code + Supplement 2024 hardcopy – IMO Product Code: IO200E + IM210E
• IMDG Code 2024 digital – IMO Product Code: KO200E
• IMDG Code Supplement 2024 hardcopy – IMO Product Code: IM210E
• IMDG Code Supplement 2024 digital – IMO Product Code: KM210E

More on Dangerous Goods Manuals:

Related IATA publications
Dangerous Goods Regulations: 2025 [regular bound]
Dangerous Goods Regulations: 2025 [spiral bound]

Related ICAO publications
ICAO 9284 – Technical Instructions Safe Transport DG by Air (2025-2026)
ICAO 9284 – Supplement Tech. Instructions Safe Transport DG by Air(2025-2026)
ICAO 9481 – Emergency Response Guidance Aircraft Incidents DG (2025-2026)
ICAO Annex 18 – Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air  

 
Related UN producten
ADR – Eur Agreement/ International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (2025)
ADN – International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (2025)
Recommendations on the Transport of DG – Tests and Criteria  (2023)
Recommendations on the Transport of DG – Model Regulations (2023) 

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