IBC Code – The 2021 Changes
The 2021 revision to the IBC Code follows a prolonged (20 plus years) effort by the Evaluation of Safety and Pollution Hazard of Chemicals (ESPH) Working Group. The 2007 revision to the Code overhauled the pollution requirements, with the A, B, C & D groups, becoming the now familiar X, Y, Z & OS groups. This 2021 revision now addresses the updates to the safety aspects of the Code, with a redrafted Chapter 21 – Criteria for assigning carriage requirements…