IMO_BLU Code (Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers)_(1998)文件.doc

BLU Code Code of Practice for the SafeLoading and Unloadingof Bulk Carriers  International Maritime OrganizationLondon, 1998 Published in 1998 by the INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR Printed by the International Maritime Organization, London 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 ISBN 92-801-1458-1 IMO PUBLICATIONSales number: IMO-266E Copyright ? IMO 1998 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may, for sales purposes, be produced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without prior permission in writing from the International Maritime Organization. Foreword The safety of bulk carriers is one of the most important issues that IMO hasaddressed in recent years and, as a result, a number of safety measures,covering both structural and operational aspects of such ships, have beenrecently introduced by the Organization. The Code of Practice for the SafeLoading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers (BLU Code) is one such measure. Being concerned about the continued loss of ships carrying solid bulkcargoes, sometimes without a trace, and the heavy loss of life incurred, andrecognizing that a number of accidents have occurred as a result of improperloading and unloading of bulk carriers, the Sub-Committee on DangerousGoods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC) at its first session (February1996) developed a draft code of practice for the safe leading and unloadingof bulk carriers, with the aim of preventing such accidents. The Code was reviewed by the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) at itssixty-sixth session (June 1996) and by the DSC at its second session(February 1997), and was subsequently approved by the MSC at its sixty-eighth session (June 1997); finally, it was adopted by the Assembly at itstwentieth session (November 1997) by resolution A.862(20). In adopting the resolution, the