COSCON provides customers with the highest level of information and compliance for the transportation of hazardous materials. Our specially trained staff constantly stays abreast of international, national, and even local regulations affecting the transportation of hazardous cargo. COSCON trained staff will provide you with professional service.

The Carriage of dangerous goods and marine pollutants in sea-going ships is respectively regulated in the International Convention for the Safety of the Life at Sea (SOLAS 74) Chapter VII and the International Convention for the Prevention of pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78).

Relevant parts of both SOLAS and MARPOL have been worked out in great detail and are included in the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, thus making this Code the legal instrument for maritime transport of dangerous goods and marine pollutants. As of 1st January 2008, the IMDG Code 2006 Amendment 33 will become a mandatory requirement. Presently the 32 Amendment is mandatory, however our customers may already make use of the transition period offered by the 33 Amendment. Meanhwile, all packages, labels, stowage and others of the dangerous cargo must be strictly in accordance with relevant requirement written by government of export and import country and as per IMDG CODE.

In order to check easily by relevant parties and get quick reply by return, shipper should to provide the same as described in its customs declaration documents. If possible, please include below contents:

i. VESSEL NAME AND VOYAGE NUMBER
ii. CARGO PROPER SHIPPING NAME
iii. TYPE AND SORT OF INNER PACKING
iv. SIZE AND NUMBER OF CONTAINER
v. IMO CLASS
vi. UN NUMBER
vii. SUBSIDIARY LABEL
viii. PLACE OF RECEIPT CARGO
ix. PORT OF LOADING
x. PORT OF TRANSHIPMENT
xi. PORT OF DESTINATION
xii. PLACE OF DELIVERY
xiii. GROSS WEIGHT (Kgs)
xiv. NET WEIGHT (Kgs)
xv. PACKAGE GROUND
xvi. FLASH POINT (Flammable Liquid)
xvii. MARINE POLLUANT
xviii. MPA GROUP
xix. SPECIAL REQUEST