Seed Cake UN 2217 With Not More Than 1.5% Oil And Not More Than 11% Moisture
SEED CAKE UN 2217 with not more than 1.5% oil and not more than 11% moisture
Schedule source MSC.539(107), Annex 9, Appendix 1, IMSBC Code Amendment 07-23 · pages 403, 404, 405
Description
Residue remaining after oil has been extracted by a solvent process from oil-bearing seeds. The cereals and cereal products included in this schedule are those derived from: Bakery materials Meal, oily Barley malt pellets Mill feed pellets Beet Niger seed, expellers Bran pellets Oil cake Brewer’s grain pellets Palm kernel Citrus pulp pellets Peanuts Coconut Pellets, cereal Copra Pollard pellets Corn gluten Rape seed Cotton seed Rice bran Expellers Rice broken Gluten pellets Safflower seed Ground nuts, meal Seed expellers, oily Hominy chop Soyabean Linseed Strussa pellets Maize Sunflower seed The above may be shipped in the form of pulp, meals, cake, pellets, expellers.
Hazard
May self-heat slowly and, if wet or containing an excessive proportion of unoxidized oil, ignite spontaneously. Liable to oxidize, causing subsequent reduction of oxygen in the cargo space. Carbon dioxide may also be produced.
Stowage and Segregation
See 9.3 of IMSBC Code. If the bulkhead between the cargo space and the engine-room is not insulated to class “A-60” standard, this cargo shall be stowed “away from” the bulkhead.
Hold Cleanliness
Clean and dry as relevant to the hazards of the cargo.
Weather Precautions
This cargo shall be kept as dry as practicable. This cargo shall not be handled during precipitation. During handling of this cargo, all non-working hatches of the cargo spaces into which this cargo is loaded, or to be loaded, shall be closed.
Loading
This cargo shall only be accepted for loading when the cargo is substantially free from flammable solvent and a certificate from a person recognized by the competent authority of the country of shipment specifying the oil content and moisture content is issued. Trim in accordance with the relevant provisions required under sections 4 and 5 of IMSBC Code.
Precautions
The temperature of this cargo shall be measured regularly at a number of depths in the cargo spaces and recorded during the voyage. If the temperature of the cargo reaches 55°C and continues to increase, ventilation to the cargo shall be stopped. If self-heating continues, then carbon dioxide or inert gas shall be introduced to the cargo space. Notwithstanding the previous requirement, the use of carbon dioxide or inert gas shall be withheld until fire is apparent. Entry of personnel into cargo spaces for this cargo shall not be permitted until tests have been carried out and it has been established that the oxygen content has been restored to a normal level.* When the planned interval between the commencement of loading and the completion of discharge of this cargo exceeds 5 days, the cargo shall not be accepted for loading unless * Refer to Revised recommendations for entering enclosed spaces aboard ships (resolution A.1050(27)).
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