Glossary

IMO classification

• Hazardous goods

  Goods classified by the UN as potentially hazardous or dangerous to the health and safety of people, other living organisms, property and/or the environment.

• Class 1

  Explosives

• Class 2

  Gases

• Class 3

  Flammable Liquids

• Class 4.1

  Flammable Solids, self-reactive substances and solid desensitized explosives

• Class 4.2

  Substances liable to spontaneous combustion

• Class 4.3

  Substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases

• Class 5.1

  Oxidizing substances - in themselves these are not necessarily combustible, but by yielding oxygen they may cause, or contribute to, the combustion of other material - StreamLines does NOT transport Calcium Hypochlorite

• Class 5.2

  Organic peroxides - most will burn rapidly and are sensitive to impact or friction

• Class 6.1

  Toxic substances

• Class 6.2

  Infectious substances - StreamLines does NOT transport Class 6.2

• Class 7

  Radioactive material - StreamLines does NOT transport Class 7

• Class 8

  Corrosive substances - StreamLines does NOT transport Acid Fluids in reefer containers

• Class 9

  Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles