{"id":883607,"date":"2025-01-09T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecompliancecenter.com\/ca\/?p=883607"},"modified":"2025-09-08T01:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:02:21","slug":"whats-new-in-the-imdg-code-amendment-41-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecompliancecenter.com\/ca\/help-center\/articles\/whats-new-in-the-imdg-code-amendment-41-24\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s New in the IMDG Code Amendment 42-24?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWhat\u2019s New in the IMDG Code Amendment 42-24<\/span>?<\/h2>\n

While the world can be a very confusing, irregular place, a few things stay constant. One of them is the United Nations\u2019 biennial update to the UN Model Regulations on the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods <\/em>and the subsequent updating of other regulations that are based on it. For example, the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code<\/a>, which sets the rules for international ocean shipment, recently published its 42nd<\/sup> revision. Rather confusingly titled the \u201c2024 edition\u201d based on its year of publication, it\u2019s actually intended to take effect January 1, 2025. However, you may still use the 41st<\/sup> edition until January 1, 2026, so this coming year is a transitional period as shippers and carriers switch to the updated regulations.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s New in the 2024 Edition?<\/h2>\n

As we saw in the UN Recommendations<\/em> themselves, the changes in the IMDG Code for this biennium are mostly incremental, not sweeping. Think of them like \u201cease of use\u201d improvements in most situations.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the more notable changes to the new Code:<\/p>\n

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  1. New shipping descriptions have been added to the Code. These include:\n