IMO260E – IMSBC Code and Supplement (2025 Edition)

The International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (IMSBC Code), adopted on 4 December 2008 by resolution MSC.268(85), entered into force on 1 January 2011, from which date it was made mandatory under the provisions of the SOLAS Convention. The present edition incorporates Amendment 08-25, which may be applied from 1 January 2026 on a voluntary basis, anticipating its envisaged official entry into force on 1 January 2027.