MSC.1/Circ.1301
CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME DANGEROUS GOODS (IMDG)
CODE
(9
December 2008)
Contact
information for the designated national competent authority
1.
The carriage of dangerous goods by sea is governed by the regulations of
chapter VII of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea,
1974. Part A of chapter VII regulates the carriage of dangerous goods in
packaged form and regulation VII/3 requires that carriage of dangerous goods in
packaged form shall be in compliance with the relevant provisions of the IMDG
Code.
2.
Section 7.9.3 of the IMDG Code identifies the main offices of designated
national competent authorities. The annex1 to this circular provides
a more comprehensive listing of contact information for competent authorities
and bodies including:
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1 For national competent
authorities responsible for approval and authorization in respect of the
transport of radioactive material, see also the International Atomic Energy
Agency's (IAEA) National Competent Authorities List. Specific information on
package approvals issued by individual Member States for the transport of
radioactive materials is available from the issuing competent authority. IAEA
maintains a database (PACKTRAM) on valid package approval certificates from
Member States to respond to technical and administrative inquiries concerning
such approvals. An annual report is published in the form of a technical
document entitled "Directory of National Competent Authorities" Approval
Certificates for Package Design and Shipment of Radioactive Material. Enquiries
may be directed to:
Division of
Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety
International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Wagramerstrasse,
5
1400 Vienna
Austria
.1 the
designated national competent authorities;
.2 competent
authorities and bodies which have been designated for the testing and
certification of packagings, intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) and large
packagings; and
.3 competent
authorities and bodies which have been designated as competent inspection
agencies or authorities for testing, approval, acceptance and other duties
connected with portable tanks, road tank vehicles, multiple-element gas
containers (MEGCs) and bulk containers (BK2).
3.
To keep the annex as up to date as possible, Administrations which have not as
yet provided the information, or which have previously provided information
that needs to be updated, are invited to review the annex and to notify the
Secretariat2 accordingly.
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2 International Maritime
Organization (IMO)
4 Albert Embankment Tel: +44 20 7735 7611
London SE1 7SR Telefax: +44 20 7587 3210
United Kingdom E-mail: info@imo.org
4.
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1254.
Annex.
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COUNTRY |
Contact information for national competent
authority |
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ALGERIA |
Ministre des Transports/Direction de la Marine
Marchande 119 Rue
Didouche Mourad Alger ALGRIE Telephone:
+213 260 61 46 Telex:
66063 DGAF DZ |
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AMERICAN
SAMOA |
Silila
Patane Harbourmaster Port
Administration Pago Pago AMERICAN
SAMOA 96799 |
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ANGOLA |
National
Director Marine
Safety, Shipping and Ports National
Directorate of Merchant Marine and Ports Rua Rainha
Ginga 74 Andar,
Luanda ANGOLA Telephone:
+244 239 0034/39 7984 Telefax:
+244 231 037 Mobile:
+244 924 39 336 E-mail:
ispscode_angola@snet.co.ao |
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ARGENTINA |
Prefectura
Naval Argentina (Argentine
Coast Guard) Direccin de Proteccin ambiental Departamento de proteccin ambiental y mercancas
peligrosas Division mercancas y residuos peligrosos Avda.
Eduardo Madero 235 4o
piso, Oficina 4.36 y 4.37 Buenos
Aires (C1106ACC) REPBLICA ARGENTINA Telephone:
+54 11 4318 7669 Telefax:
+54 11 4318 7474 E-mail:
dpma-mp@prefecturanaval.gov.ar |
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AUSTRALIA |
Manager
Ship Inspection Group Australian
Maritime Safety Authority GPO Box
2181 Canberra
ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA Telephone:
+61 2 6279 5048 Telefax:
+61 2 6279 5058 E-mail:
psc@amsa.gov.au Website:
www.amsa.gov.au |
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COUNTRY |
Contact information for national competent
authority |
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BAHAMAS |
Bahamas
Maritime Authority 120 Old
Broad Street London,
EC2N 1 AR UNITED
KINGDOM Telephone:
+44 20 7562 1300 Telefax:
+44 20 7614 0650 E-mail:
tech@bahamasmaritime.com |
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BANGLADESH |
Department
of Shipping 141-143,
Motijheel Commercial Area BIWTA
Bhaban (8th Floor) Dhaka-1000 BANGLADESH Telephone:
+880 2 9555128 Telefax:
+880 2 7168363 E-mail:
dosdgdbd@bttb.net.bd |
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BARBADOS |
Director of
Maritime Affairs Ministry of
Tourism and International Transport 2nd Floor
Carlisle House Hincks
Street Bridgetown St. Michael BARBADOS Telephone:
+1 246 426 2710/3342 Telefax: +1
246 426 7882 E-mail:
ctech@sunbeach.net |
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BELGIUM |
Brussels
Office Federal
Public Service Mobility and Transport Directorate-General
Maritime Transport Rue du
Progrs 56 B-1210
Brussels BELGIUM Telephone:
+32 2 277 3500 Telefax:
+32 2 277 4051 E-mail:
dg.mar@mobilit.fgov.be Website:
www.mobilit.fgov.be |
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COUNTRY |
Contact information for national competent authority |
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BELGIUM (Continued) |
Antwerp
Office Federale
Overheidsdienst Mobiliteit en Vervoer Directoraat-generaal
Maritiem Vervoer Scheepvaartcontrole Loodsgebouw Tavernierkaai
3 B-2000
Antwerpen BELGIUM Telephone:
+32 3 229 0030 Telefax:
+32 3 229 0031 E-mail:
hazmat.antwerpen@mobilit.fgov.be Ostend
Office Federale
Overheidsdienst Mobiliteit en Vervoer Directoraat-generaal
Maritiem Vervoer Scheepvaartcontrole Natinkaai 5 B-8400
Oostende BELGIUM Telephone:
+32 59 56 1450 Telefax:
+32 59 56 1474 E-mail:
hazmat.zeebrugge@mobilit.fgov.be |
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BELIZE |
Ports
Commissioner Belize Port
Authority PO Box 633 Belize City BELIZE C.A. Telephone:
+501 227 2540/0981 Telefax:
+501 227 2500 |
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BRAZIL |
Diretoria
de Portos e Costas (DPC-20) Rua Tefilo Otoni No. 04 Centro Rio de
Janeiro CEP
20090-070 BRAZIL Telephone:
+55 21 2104 5203 Telefax:
+55 21 2104 5202 E-mail:
secom@dpc.mar.mil.br |
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COUNTRY |
Contact information for national competent
authority |
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BULGARIA |
Head
office: Captain
Petar Petrov, Director Directorate
"Quality Management" Bulgarian
Maritime Administration 9 Dyakon
Ignatii Str. Sofia 1000 REPUBLIC OF
BULGARIA Telephone:
+359 2 93 00 910 / 93 00 912 Telefax:
+359 2 93 00 920 E-mail:bma@marad.bg
/ petrov@marad.bg Regional
offices: Harbour-Master Directorate "Maritime
Administration" Bourgas 3
"Kniaz Alexander Batemberg" Str. Bourgas
8000 REPUBLIC OF
BULGARIA Telephone:
+359 56 875 775 Telefax:
+359 56 840 064 E-mail:
hm_bs@marad.bg Harbour-Master Directorate "Maritime
Administration" Varna 5
"Primorski" Bvd Varna 9000 REPUBLIC OF
BULGARIA Telephone:
+359 52 684 922 Telefax:
+359 52 602 378 E-mail:
hm_vn@marad.bg |
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BURUNDI |
Minister Ministre des Transports Postes et Tlcommunications BP 2000 Bujumbura BURUNDI Telephone:
+257 219 324 Telefax:
+257 217 773 |
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COUNTRY |
Contact information for national competent
authority |
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CANADA |
The
Chairman Marine
Technical Review Board Contact:
Director, Operations & Environmental Programs Marine Safety,
Transport Canada Tower C,
Place de Ville 330 Sparks
Street, 10th Floor Ottawa,
Ontario K1A 0N5 CANADA Telephone:
+1 613 991 3132 +1 613 991
3143 +1 613 991 3139/40 Telefax: +1
613 993 8196 Packaging
approvals Director
Regulatory Affairs Transport
Dangerous Goods Directorate Tower C,
Place de Ville 330 Sparks
Street, 9th Floor Ottawa,
Ontario K1A 0N5 CANADA Telephone:
+1 613 998 0519 +1 613 990
1163 +1 613 993 5266 Telefax: +1
613 993 5925 |
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CAPE VERDE |
The
Director General Ministry of
Infrastructure and Transports St.Vincente CAPE VERDE Telephone:
+238 2 328 199 +238 2 585
4643 E-mail:
dgmp@cvtelecom.cv |
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CHILE |
Direccin General del Territorio Martimo y de
Marina Mercante Direccin de Seguridad y Operaciones Martimas Servicio de Inspecciones Martimas Divisn Prevencin de Riesgos y Cargas Peligrosas Subida
Cementerio No.300 Valparaso CHILE Telephone:
+56 32 220 8699 +56 32 220
8654 +56 32 220 8692 |
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COUNTRY |
Contact information for national competent
authority |
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CHINA |
Maritime
Safety Administration People's
Republic of China 11
Jianguomen Nei Avenue Beijing
100736 CHINA Telephone:
+86 10 6529 2588 +86 10 6529
2218 Telefax:
+86 10 6529 2245 Telex:
222258 CMSAR CN |
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COMOROS |
Ministre
D'Etat Ministre du Dveloppement des Infrasturctures des
Postes et des Tlcommunication et des Transport Internationaux Moroni Union des
Comores Telephone:
+269 744 287/735 794 Telefax:
+269 734 241/834 241 Mobile:
+269 340 248 E-mail:
houmedms@yahoo.fr |
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CROATIA |
Ministry of
Maritime Affairs Transport
and Communication Marine
Safety Division Prisavlje
14 1000 Zagreb REPUBLIC OF
CROATIA Telephone:
+385 1 611 5966 Telefax:
+385 1 611 5968 E-mailpomorski-promet@zg.tel.hr Testing and
certification of packagings Adriainspekt Ciottina
17/b 51000
Rijeka REPUBLIC OF
CROATIA Telephone:
+385 51 511 133 Telefax:
+385 51 36 176 Classification
society for CSC containers (including IMO tanks) Croatian
Register of Shipping Marasoviceva
67 21000 Split REPUBLIC OF
CROATIA Telephone:
+385 21 358 933 Telefax:
+385 21 358 159 |
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COUNTRY |
Contact information for national competent
authority |
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CUBA |
Ministerio
del Transporte Direccin de Seguridad e Inspeccin Martima Boyeros y Tulipn Plaza Ciudad de
la Habana CUBA Telephone:
+537 8816 607 +537 8819
498 Telefax:
+537 8811 514 E-mail:
dsim@mitrans.transnet.cu |
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CYPRUS |
Department
of Merchant Shipping Ministry of
Communications and Works Kylinis
Street Mesa
Geitonia CY-4007
Lemesos P.O. Box
56193 CY-3305
Lemesos CYPRUS Telephone:
+357 5 848 100 Telefax:
+357 5 848 200 Telex: 2004
MERSHIP CY E-mail:
dms@cytanet.com.cy |
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CZECH
REPUBLIC |
Implementation Ministry of
Transport of the Czech Republic Navigation
and Waterways Division Nbr. L. Svobody 12 110 15
Praha 1 CZECH
REPUBLIC Telephone:
+42 2 230 312 25 Telefax:
+42 2 248 105 96 Telex: +42
2 12 10 96 Domi C Packaging,
Testing and Certification Institutes CIMTO, s.p. Un Michelskho lesa 336 146 23
Praha 4 CZECH
REPUBLIC Telephone:
+42 2 472 94 64 Telefax:
+42 2 472 36 76 IMET,
s.r.o. Bažantni 697 165 00
Praha 6 CZECH
REPUBLIC Telephone:
+42 2 39 32 96 Telefax:
+42 2 29 23 70 |
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COUNTRY |
Contact information for national competent
authority |
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CZECH
REPUBLIC (Continued) |
Classification
of dangerous goods of all classes, except
class 7 radioactive materials Česk lodn a prumyslo registr, s.r.o. (Czech
Shipping and Industry Register, Ltd.) Jankovcova
10 170 00
Praha 7 CZECH
REPUBLIC Telephone:
+42 2 667 10001 Telefax:
+42 2 808 984 Telex: +42
2 122 874 csir c |
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DENMARK |
Danish
Maritime Authority P.O. Box
2605 Vermundsgade
38C 2100 Copenhagen DENMARK Telephone:
+45 39 17 44 00 Telefax:
+45 39 17 44 01 E-mail:
SFS@dma.dk Packing,
Testing and Certification Institute Emballage
og Transportinstituttet (E.T.I.) Dansk
Teknologisk Institut Gregersensvej 2630 Tstrup DENMARK Packagings
in conformity with the IMDG Code will be marked "DK Eti" |
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DJIBOUTI |
Director of
Maritime Affairs Ministre de L'Equipement et des Transports P.O. Box 59 DJIBOUTI Telephone:
+253 357 913 Telefax:
+253 351 538/253 931/355 879 |
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ECUADOR |
Direccin General de la Marina Mercante y del
Litoral P.O. Box
7412 Guayaquil ECUADOR Telephone:
+593 4 526 760 Telefax:
+593 4 324 246 Telex: 04
3325 DIGMER ED |
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COUNTRY |
Contact information for national competent
authority |
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EQUATORIAL GUINEA |
The
Director General (Maritime Affairs) Ministro de
Transportes, Technologia, Correos y Telecommunicaciones Malabo Rep. de
GUINEA ECUATORIAL Telephone:
+240 275 406 Telefax:
+240 092 618 |
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ERITREA |
Director
General Department
of Maritime Transport Ministry of
Transport and Communications ERITREA Telephone:
+291 1 121 317/189 156/185 251 Telefax:
+291 1 184 690 / 186 541 E-mail:
motcrez@eol.com.er |
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ESTONIA |
Estonian
Maritime Administration Maritime
Safety Division Valge 4 EST-11413
Tallinn ESTONIA Telephone:
+372 6205 700/715 Telefax:
+372 6205 706 E-mail:
mot@vta.ee |
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ETHIOPIA |
Director
General Ministry of
Transport & Communications P.O. Box
2504 Addis Ababa Telephone:
+251 11 551 02 44 Telefax:
+251 11 551 07 15 |
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FIJI |
The
Director of Maritime Safety Fiji
Islands Maritime Safety Administration GPO Box 326 Suva FIJI Telephone:
+679 331 5266 Telefax
:+679 330 3251 E-mail:fimsa@connect.com.fj |
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FINLAND |
Finnish
Maritime Administration P.O. Box
171 FI-00181
Helsinki FINLAND Telephone:
+358 20 448 1 Telefax:
+358 20 448 4500 +358 20 448
4336 E-mail:
kirijaamo@fma.fi |
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COUNTRY |
Contact information for national competent
authority |
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FINLAND (Continued) |
Packaging
and Certification Institute Safety
Technology Authority (TUKES) P.O. Box
123 FI-00181
Helsinki FINLAND Telephone:
+358 96 1671 Telefax:
+358 96 1674 66 E-mail:
kirjaamo@tukes.fi |
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FRANCE |
MTETM/DGMT/MMD Arche sud 92055 La Dfense Cedex FRANCE Telephone:
+33 (0)1 40 81 86 49 Telefax:
+33 (0)1 40 81 10 65 E-mail:
olga.lefevre@equipement.gouv.fr Organizations
authorized to carry out testing and type approval of packaging 1. Bureau de Vrifications Techniques (BVT) ZAC de la Cerisaie 31, rue de
Montjean 94266
FRESNES Cedex FRANCE 2. Laboratoire d'tudes et de recherche des
emballages mtalliques (LEREM) 3, rue
Fernand Hainaut 93400
SAINT-OUEN FRANCE 3.
Laboratoire National d'Essais (LNE) Laboratoire
de Trappes 5, avenue
Enrico Fermi 78197
TRAPPES Cedex FRANCE 4.
CEREM-LNE Sud 190, rue
Georges Besse 30035 NIMES
Cedex 1 FRANCE Organizations
authorized to carry out checks of mass-produced packagings 1. Bureau de Vrifications Techniques (BVT) 2. Laboratoire d'tudes et de recherche des emballages mtalliques (LEREM) 3.
Laboratoire National d'Essais (LNE) 4. Bureau
Veritas (BV) |
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COUNTRY |
Contact information for national competent
authority |
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FRANCE (Continued) |
The BVT,
the LNE and the BV are each authorized to carry out checks of mass-produced
IBCs, within their respective areas of authority. Organizations
authorized to carry out testing and initial and periodic inspections of metal
and rigid plastics IBCs and of composite IBCs with plastic inner receptacles 1. Bureau de Vrifications Techniques (BVT) 2.
Laboratoire National d'Essais (LNE) 3. Bureau
Veritas (BV) 4.
Groupement des Associations de Propritaires d'Appareils Vapeur et Electriques (GAPAVE) Organizations
authorized for the approval of tanks 1. American
Bureau of Shipping (ABS) 2. Bureau
Veritas (BV) 3. Lloyd's
Register of Shipping (LR) 4.
Groupement des Associations de Propritaires d'Appareils Vapeur et Elctriques (GAPAVE)* |
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GAMBIA |
The
Director General Gambia Port
Authority P.O. Box
617 Banjul THE GAMBIA Telephone:
+220 4 227 270 +220 4 227
260 +220 4 227 266 Telefax:
+220 4 227 268 |
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GERMANY |
Federal
Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs Division A
33 Transport of Dangerous Goods PO Box 20
01 00 D-53170
Bonn GERMANY Telephone:
+49 228 3000 or 300-extension +49 228 300
2643 Telefax:
+49 228 300 3428 E-mail:
Ref-A33@bmvbs.bund.de |