
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