Cargo Labels LTd - Hardous Goods Labelling & Sundry

Marine Pollutant Label printed on self-adhesive vinyl to BS 5609. 250 x 250mm x 354mm triangle.

**Please note that the Environmentally Hazardous Label should now be used for labelling marine pollutants transported by sea according to the IMDG regulations **

The marine pollutant label / marine pollutant mark, according to IMDG 5.2.1.6.3 should be used along side the hazard warning diamond on outer packaging of cargoes containing materials that are considered to be marine pollutants. Great emphasis on the proper manner in which marine pollutants should be labelled when packages containing marine pollutants are being shipped by sea is also planced in The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods and Marine Pollutants) Regulations of 1990.

Classifcation of marine pollutants:

Depending upon the regulations by which marine pollutants are being shipped, the marine pollutant severity is can be classed as a severed marine pollutant. Such marine pollutant chemicals include: Aldrin (severe marine pollutant) and Nickel cyanide (severe marine pollutant).

More common (and less severed marine pollutants) that also require labelling include: Alcohol C-12 - C-16 poly(1-6) ethoxylate and Warfarin (and salts of).

Marine Poulltant Label Details

The marine pollutant label used to package shipping containers carring marine pollutant goods is typically 250mm x 250 x 354mm in size, which makes the marine polluant label half the size of a typical hazard warning diamonds. Future regulations will look to standardise the marine pollutant label to the same size as the standard hazard warning diamonds (250x250mm). 

The first column, entitled “S.M.P.” (for severe marine pollutants), identifies whether a material is a severe marine pollutant. If the letters “PP” appear in this column for a material, the material is a severe marine pollutant, otherwise it is not. The second column, entitled “Marine Pollutant” , lists the marine pollutants.