Our e-learning course enables you to comply with the Chapter 1.3 awareness training requirements of the IMDG Code, for the shipment of dangerous goods by sea.
Training for those who prepare, pack, document and offer dangerous goods for transportation by sea, is a mandatory requirement of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.
This e-learning course is aimed at those preparing and offering dangerous goods for transport and will provide you with a general overview of the IMDG Code, updated to the latest amendment, 41-22, which is mandatory from the 1st of January 2024 (may be applied voluntarily during 2023).
Our course will teach you an awareness of how to classify, pack, load and prepare dangerous goods for transport and complete the required documentation.
In addition this training covers the main multimodal implications of ADR (European road regulations) and 49 CFR (USA 'HazMat' regulations) that shippers need to be aware of.
From within the course you can download a pdf copy of our Guide to the IMDG Code and full analysis of the changes in the IMDG Code amendment 41-22 to reference.
No prior experience is necessary.
A personalised certificate is provided upon successful course completion.
Access to the course is provided immediately after purchase.
The videos in this course are presented in British English (including English captions) with subtitles in Ukrainian (українська), German (Deutsch), French (Français), Spanish (Español) and Italian (Italiano). If English is not your first language and you would like subtitles in any other language, please get in touch.
We have a Polish language version of this course available, click here.
Real-world experience with online convenience
Our interactive video exercises help build your confidence and competence in using the regulations, using real-world examples developed by our DGSA experts.
Course content
- What are the 'limited quantities' provisions in the IMDG Code? (0:59)
- What is a limited quantities 'combination packaging'? (1:02)
- Packaging performance requirements for limited quantities
- How to calculate whether the limited quantities provisions of Chapter 3.4 can be used (3:18)
- Marking of packages with the limited quantities mark (1:10)
- Marking of packages with orientation arrows (0:36)
- Examples of how the limited quantities provisions work (2:41)
- Segregation and stowage requirements for limited quantities
- Overpacks containing goods packed as limited quantities
- Documentation requirements for limited quantities
- Help Mike prepare a shipment of dangerous goods packed as limited quantities (4:01)
- How to complete dangerous goods transport documentation (3:38)
- The information required
- N.O.S. entries: additional information required (2:10)
- Supplementing the proper shipping name and description
- Assignment of segregation groups to less specific N.O.S. entries
- Shipper's declaration
- The container/vehicle packing certificate
- Multimodal requirements
- Summary quiz
Course notes
84 pages
A downloadable PDF written by our experienced Dangerous Goods Safety Advisers.
Packed full of clear explanations, experience, figures and tables to help put your learning into practice and reference back to once you've passed the course.
Further information
We also have more detailed function-specific courses available to compliment this training, such as 'how to complete a DGN' and 'how to pack dangerous goods'.
The training includes videos with audio and requires cookies to be enabled on your browser.
The course price is £82.50 per user excluding VAT, which is charged in addition depending upon your location. (£99.00 per user including 20% UK VAT)
A VAT invoice will be emailed to you automatically after purchase for your records.
Customer portal
If you purchase courses in bulk from us, we'll set you up with access to our customer portal, so you can see who's enrolled and completed the courses you have purchased.
You can then export this data in a variety of formats for your internal training records.
