| ADR |
European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of
Dangerous Goods by Road |
| BLEVE |
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion |
| BC Code |
Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes |
| BCH Code |
Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying
Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk |
| BLU Code |
Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk
Carriers |
| CPC |
Container Packing Certificate |
| CSC |
Convention for Safe Containers |
| DGD |
Dangerous Goods Declaration |
| DGR |
Dangerous Goods Regulations (Provisions on air transport of
dangerous goods issued by the IATA) |
| DRI |
Direct Reduced Iron (regulated in the Bulk Code, are
”MHB”) |
| DSC |
Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods Solid Cargoes and
Containers |
| EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
| EDP |
Electronic Data Processing |
| EmS |
Emergency Procedures for Ships Carrying Dangerous Goods |
| FCL |
Full Container Load (from ”door to door”) |
| FIBC |
Flexible IBC |
| GESAMP |
Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects on Marine
Pollution |
| IAES |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IATA |
International Air Transport Association |
| ICAO-TI |
International Civil Aviation Organization – Technical
Instructions (DGR are based on these instructions) |
| IBC Code |
International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships
Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk |
| IBC |
Intermediate Bulk Container |
| ICSC |
International Convention for Safe Containers |
| IGC Code |
International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships
Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk |
| ILO |
International Labour Organization |
| INF Code |
Code for the Safe Carriage of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel,
Plutonium and High-level Radioactive Wastes in Flasks on Board
Ships |
| IMDG Code |
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| LC50 |
Lethal Concentration 50% kill (kills 50% of test animals; often
stated in ppm) |
| LD50 |
Lethal Dose (lethal dose for 50% of test animals; stated in
mg/kg) |
| LEL |
Lower Explosive Level |
| LSA |
Low Specific Activity (Class 7) |
| MARPOL |
International Convention for the Pollution from Ships
73/78 |
| MEPC |
Marine Environment Pollution Committee (IMO) |
| MFAG |
Medical First Aid Guide (for dangerous goods) |
| MHB |
Material Hazardous only in Bulk |
| MP |
Marine Pollutant |
| MRCC |
Marine Resque Co-ordination Centre (in Sweden, located in
Göteborg) |
| MSC |
Marine Safety Committee (IMO) |
| N.O.S. |
Not Otherwise Specified (classification of certain substances
upon transport) |
| PSN |
Proper Shipping Name |
| RIB |
Rescue Services Agency’s Information Bank |
| RID |
Règlement Concernant le Transport International
Ferroviaire Marchandises Dangereuses (transport of dangerous goods
by rail) |
| SADT |
Self-Accelerating Decomposition Temperature |
| SOLAS |
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea,
1974 |
| TI |
Transport Index (Class 7) |
| TIR |
Transport International par la Route (customs sealing in the
consignor country for transport by road) |
| UN No |
UN number (identification number for dangerous goods) |
| VPC |
Vehicle Packing Certificate |
