MSC.1/Circ.1264
RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE SAFE USE OF PESTICIDES IN SHIPS APPLICABLE TO THE FUMIGATION OF CARGO HOLDS

Annex.
RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE SAFE USE OF PESTICIDES IN SHIPS APPLICABLE TO THE FUMIGATION OF CARGO HOLDS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. PREVENTION OF INFESTATION

2.1 Maintenance and sanitation

2.2 Main sites of infestation

3. CHEMICAL CONTROL OF INSECT INFESTATION

3.1 Methods of chemical disinfestation

3.1.1 Types of pesticides and methods of insect control

3.1.2 Fumigants

3.2 Disinfestation of empty cargo holds

3.3 Disinfestation of cargoes and surrounds

3.3.1 Fumigation with aeration (ventilation) in port

3.3.2 Fumigation continued in transit

4. REGULATIONS FOR THE USE OF PESTICIDES

5. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS – GENERAL

5.1 Fumigation

5.2 Exposure to pesticides resulting in illness

APPENDIX 1.

FUMIGANTS SUITABLE FOR SHIPBOARD USE

1. Fumigants against insects in empty cargo holds

2. Fumigants against insects in loaded or partially loaded cargo holds

3. Fumigant information

3.1 Methyl Bromide

3.2 Phosphine

APPENDIX 2.

APPENDIX 3. MODEL CHECKLIST FOR IN-TRANSIT FUMIGATION

PART A. BEFORE FUMIGATION

PART B. AFTER FUMIGATION