DNV—GL — COMPETENCE OF SHORE—SIDE PERSONNEL HANDLING DANGEROUS GOODS

Here is another DNV GL standard - in this one the authors intend to focus on the shore-side personnel engaged in the marine transportation of various dangerous goods as described in the IMO IMDG Code.

In particular, the present official standard is specifying relevant competence requirements that have been covered in the IMO IMDG Code concerning the principles of classification of such goods, their packing and marking, placarding and labeling, packing/unpacking of cargo containers with the dangerous goods inside, preparing transportation documents for these goods, making decisions concerning offering/accepting of the various dangerous cargoes for transportation on board the ship, handling dangerous goods and preparing the loading and stowage plans, loading/unloading dangerous goods into or from the vessels, carrying dangerous cargoes in transport.

It shall be noted as necessary that national requirements that are applicable to the transportation of such sort of goods other than by sea, i.e. by road/railway/inland waterways have not beeт not addressed within the present document. Plus, it shall further be noted that this publication is primarily meant to specify competence requirements over and above those covered by any of the relevant requirements that are imposed by national and/or international legislation.​