Gard has recently been involved in several incidents of self-heating of coal cargoes and would like to emphasize the importance of treating coal cargoes as liable to self-heat until it has been satisfactorily established that they are not. The shipper’s cargo declaration containing the cargo properties and the associated hazards should be examined in detail. It should be borne in mind that the information contained in the declaration may be inaccurate. Inaccurate IMSBC Code declarations have been seen in areas such as Indonesia, where large quantities of coal are shipped. More surprisingly, Gard was involved in a recent case where a coal cargo loaded at Richards Bay, South Africa was inaccurately declared as “not self-heating coal” nor “liable to emit methane”. Subsequent investigations involving cargo experts, established that the cargo did in fact possess both properties. It is therefore recommended that all coal cargoes are treated as potentially hazardous and liable to self-heat until it can be satisfactorily established that they are not. Gard recommends that, for all types of coal, the vessel implements a gas monitoring and temperature checking regime during loading.
See attached file: Loading of Coal Cargoes.pdf
煤炭货物装载
协会最近处理了数起煤炭货物自热的案件，提醒会员在装载任何煤炭货物时要注意煤炭自热的风险。请仔细审查托运人货物申报单上描述的货物属性及相关危害。并注意，申报单上的信息可能是不准确的。协会已发现大量在印度尼西亚装运的煤炭的申报不符合《国际海运固体散货规则》（IMSBC 规则）。更令人惊讶的是，近期在南非理查兹湾发生的一起案件中，协会在处理过程中发现，货物被错误地申报为“不易自热”并且“不易散发甲烷”。但根据货物专家随后的调查发现，货物实际上兼具上述两个特性。协会建议会员在装载任何煤炭货物时，应将其一律视为具有潜在危险且易自热的货物，除非能够完全排除风险。不论装载何种类型的煤炭，在装载期间都必须执行气体探测和温度检查制度。
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