Training for those who are involved with the transport of dangerous goods by sea, is a mandatory requirement of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.

This e-learning course will provide you with a basic general overview of the IMDG Code and it's requirements for the classification, containment, marking, labelling, placarding and documentation of dangerous goods for transport by sea.

From within the course you can download a pdf copy of our Guide to the IMDG Code.

No prior experience is necessary. 

Upon passing the test at the end of the course, a personalised certificate is provided.

Access to the course is provided immediately upon purchase.

Course content


  Introduction
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  Classification
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  Containment systems
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  Tanks, MEGCs and CTUs
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  Loading, stowage and segregation
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  Documentation
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  Emergency response
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  Course completion test
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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


This course acts as an introduction to the IMDG Code. We have more advanced IMDG Code awareness training available.

We also have more detailed function-specific courses available, such as 'how to complete a DGN' and 'how to pack dangerous goods'.

The training includes videos with audio and the test requires cookies to be enabled on your browser.

The course price is £35.00 per user excluding VAT, which is charged in addition depending upon your location. (£42.00 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.