IMSBC Code, 2025 Edition (Amdt. 08-25)

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IMSBC Code, 2025 Edition (Amdt. 08-25)

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.

Both the safety of shipping and the cleanliness of oceans are promoted in many ways, one of which is the continuing development of routeing measures to organize the navigation of vessels and to monitor their progress. This publication presents individual descriptions of the following routeing measures:

• traffic separation schemes and inshore traffic zones;
• deep-water routes;
• areas to be avoided;
• no anchoring areas;
• other routeing measures, such as recommended tracks, two-way routes and recommended directions of traffic flow;
• associated rules and recommendations on navigation;
• archipelagic sea lanes; and · ship reporting systems.

This edition incorporates routeing measures that have been adopted before September 2025.