COORDINATING COMMITTEE RECORD OF DISCUSSION ON ITEM 1145- CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORTATION OF LIQUIFIED GASES 14TH DECEMBER 1959

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• Publication Date: December 17, 1959
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COCODI Document 3711.4.5/3
ITEM llzj 5 - CONTAINMS FOR STORAGE OR TRLNSPORT11TION
OF LIQUEFIED G.SES
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COORDINATING CO,ufv1ITTEE
hECGIC OF LISCUSSION
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Present: Belgium(Luxembuurg), France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands,
United Kingdom, United States.
References: C(;-00M Locs. Nos. 37uu.2 and 5, 3711.00/1, 3711.45/1 and 2 and
id.P. 11445/1 and 2.
1? The UNITED KING))Grv1 Delegation referred. to the United States propo-
sal for Part (a) as set out in ;aragraph 1 of 000CM Doc. No. 3711.45/2. They
proposed that the ter_il erc.ture loss but-off of 10% suggested therein be changed
to 3%. In the United Kingdom, ordinary theri.ially-insulated trucks had a rate
of loss of between 47% and 7%o per day, and that of the more sophisticated form
of container was under 1o Der day. The figure of 3 therefore seemed to be
adequate.
2. The UNITED ST.L;TES Delegation confirmed the proposal which they had
previously made on an ad referendum basis. They could not agree to the cut-off
figure suggested by the United Kingdom Delegation, but in an endeavour to meet
the views expressed, they would be ready to reduce their -own figure to 5o.
3? The UNITED KINGDOM :Delegation, in agreeing to this latter sugges-
tion, trusted that the Committee would look sympathetically at any accident-of-
definition cases submitted.
4. 411 Delegations accepted the United States proposal recorded in
paragraph 1 of 000Cl Doc. No. 3711.45/2, with an average evaporation loss figure
of 511, .
The Cl ijI'TTE.E agreed to redefine Item 1145 as follows:
"Containers, jacketed only, for the storage or transportation of
liquefied cases, includin mobile units as follows:
(a) of 566 gallons capacity or over, designed for liquid
nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, ozone, helium, argon and
fluorine,
e~c_ cept
2-shell containers rated for an average evaporation loss
of over 5.% per 24-hour period; such loss is to be cal-
culated as a percentage :of the total liquid capacity of the
container under ambient temperature c;,nditions of +75?F
(+2..?C.) or higher and without exposure to direct sunlight;
(b) of 250 gallons up to 500 gallons designed for the handling
of liquid fluorine."
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