TechnicalNoticeontheGuidanceontheImplementationofProvisionalCategorizationofLiquidSubstancesRelatedtoParaffin-LikeProducts(MEPC.1Circ.886)byIMO

Form:RWPRR401-HCCS技术通告Technical Information(2020)Technical notice No.39/Total No.47312/06/2020(Total pages:2+4)To:CCS'relevant departments of the headquarters,CCS surveyors,plan approval centers,relevant shipowners,shipyards,product manufacturers and designersTechnical Notice on the Guidance on the Implementation of ProvisionalCategorization of Liquid Substances Related to Paraffin-Like Products(MEPC.1/Cire.886)by IMO1.BackgroundThe Marine Environment Protection Committee,at its seventy-fourth session,approved and issued the Guidance on the implementation of provisionalcategorization of liquid substances in accordance with MARPOL Annex ll and theIBC Code elated to paraffin-like products,which is set out in the annex.2.Main Content.MEPC 71 approved the amendments to the names of four paraffin-likeproducts and their minimum carriage requirements,namely "n-Alkanes(C10-C20)","Paraffin wax,highly-refined","Paraffin wax,semi-refined",and "Hydrocarbon wax"and incorporated the amendments into list 1 of the MEPC.2/Circular 23 which wasissued and came into force in December,2017.The revised names and theirminimum carriage requirements of the four paraffin-like products have also beenincorporated into the revised Chapter 17 of IBC code (by MEPC.318(74)andMSC.460(101))and will enter into force on 1 January 2021.Though those paraffin-like products can be shipped in according to the related