Hazardous materials. Dangerous goods by road, with air on the way.
A hazmat-certified team. Classification, packaging, marks, labels and shipping papers checked before pickup. Acceptance by air under the IATA regulations is being set up and is not yet available.
Most dangerous goods that get refused, at a terminal or at an airline counter, are refused for paperwork rather than for the goods. We check the classification, the packaging, the marks and labels and the shipping papers before pickup, and we confirm the carrier's hazmat authority before it is booked.
By air the rules are stricter and the airlines add their own variations. We are setting up the acceptance of dangerous goods by air under our TSA approval: shipper's declaration review, packing instructions, quantity limits and airline variations. It is not live yet; until it is, dangerous goods move by road.
What we move
The classes we see most. Simplified labels for orientation; the shipment carries the regulatory ones.
Class 9, lithium batteries and miscellaneous
UN 3480 and UN 3481, cells and batteries alone or packed with and in equipment. By road today; by air, under packing instructions 965 to 970, once our air acceptance is live.
Class 3, flammable liquids
Paints, solvents, adhesives, perfumes and cosmetics with alcohol. Limited-quantity and excepted-quantity options where they apply.
Class 8, corrosives
Acids, battery electrolyte, cleaning concentrates. Packaging and segregation checked against the carrier's acceptance rules.
Class 2, gases
Aerosols and small cylinders. Placarded loads by road on carriers with the authority.
Road today, air on the way
One rulebook live, the second being set up.
By road
49 CFR. Placards on the trailer, shipping papers with the emergency response number, and a carrier whose authority covers the class. Truckload and LTL, including refrigerated hazmat.
By air Coming soon
IATA DGR. We are setting up the acceptance of dangerous goods by air under our TSA approval: shipper's declaration review, UN specification packaging with the marks and labels, and each airline's variations. Not available yet; this page will say so when it is.
What we need from you
Four things, and we take it from there.
- Safety Data Sheet for each product, so the classification can be confirmed.
- Shipping papers with the proper shipping name, UN number, class and packing group. We check them before pickup.
- UN specification packaging with the marks and labels, or tell us and we advise what the class requires.
- An emergency response contact for the shipping papers, yours or a registered service.
Related services
Often booked together.
Shipping dangerous goods?
Send the SDS and the lane. A hazmat-certified person replies within the hour.