Sep 4, 2009
IATA releases significant changes to be made for the 51st Edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations manual for the 2010 year
IATA has recently released a list of significant changes to be made within the 51st Edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations manual, applicable for the 2010 year.
To read the list of these changes, use the following link below:
http://www.bureaudg.com/brochures/IATA-51ST-SIGNIFICANT.pdf
Aug 27, 2009
PHMSA Releases 2008 Enforcement Notice for Hazmat Fines and Penalties; Don't Be Caught With Undeclared Hazmat or Without Hazmat Training!
Receiving fines and penalties for improperly declaring hazardous materials (or failure to declare hazmat at all) can unnecessarily drive up the cost of doing business. It can even put you out of business!
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), a division of the U.S. DOT, has published its Enforcement Notice for 2008 regarding fines and penalties incurred on businesses for failing to comply with hazmat regulations.
During the 2008 calendar year, PHMSA has closed 130 cases of Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) violations and served $1,135,256.81 in fines for hazmat compliance failure.
To read the full report on PHMSA's website, click on the link below:
PHMSA 2008 Enforcement Notice
Avoid Having Your Business Listed on the 2009 PHMSA Enforcement Notice
The Bureau of Dangerous Goods, Ltd. provides hazmat training and hazmat software to help your business maintain regulatory compliance within the United States and internationally around the world.
We have also recently introduced Hazmat University, our online platform for delivering online hazmat training globally as an efficient means of maintaining regulatory compliance for initial and recurrent training requirements.
Hazmat University features instant enrollment, self-paced learning, reduced tuition costs compared to traditional instructor-led, classroom training programs, and free technical support!
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Lithium battery guidance document, version 3, released by IATA for safely transporting lithium batteries by aircraft
This document is based on the provisions set out in the 2009/2010 Edition of the ICAO Technical Instruction for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air and the 50th Edition (2009) of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR).
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance for complying with provisions applicable to the transport by air of lithium batteries that take effect from 1 January 2009 as set out in the DGR. Specifically the document provides information on:
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance for complying with provisions applicable to the transport by air of lithium batteries that take effect from 1 January 2009 as set out in the DGR. Specifically the document provides information on:
- Definitions
- Classification
- Exceptions
- Special provisions
- Packaging provisions for lithium batteries
- Prohibitions
- Passenger provisions
To read this article, click on the following link below:
IATA Lithium Battery Guidance Document, Version 3
The Bureau of Dangerous Goods provides global hazmat training and hazmat software solutions with the vision of promoting the safe transportation of hazardous materials and dangerous goods around the world. We offer initial and recurrent hazmat training courses for IATA regulations in classroom, instructor-led training, and now also IATA online hazmat training through Hazmat University.
Jul 20, 2009
Hazmat Safety Awareness Tip: The Overlooked Marking Requirement for Shipping Hazardous Materials
Are you missing something important?
Packaging is the foremost element of all shippers' responsibilities in the safe transportation of hazmat and dangerous goods. This is particularly true when it comes to shipping hazmat by air. Packages that travel by air are subjected to a variety of conditions that are usually more severe than other modes of transport. Some of these conditions include drastic temperature changes, intense vibration and extreme drops in atmospheric pressure. Reductions in pressure tend to cause leakage of liquids or even bursting of the packagings during flight!
So what does this have to do with marking requirements? Well, remembering that the intent of safe hazmat shipping is to ensure that a hazardous material is not released during transport, a shipper must not use packaging for air shipments unless that packaging meets the applicable testing requirements and is closed in a way that ensures resistance to pressure changes throughout the transportation cycle.
Most shippers of hazmat purchase UN standard packagings (e.g. packagings which conform to both the UN Model Regulations and the HMR) for this purpose. These performance-oriented packagings require the application of UN Specification Markings. Normally applied by the packaging manufacturer, these marks are still ultimately the responsibility of the shipper.
Trained hazardous materials shippers are aware of the significance of the UN specification mark, but often overlook the following component:
If your business uses single packagings (e.g. drums, jerricans, etc.) to ship liquid hazmat or dangerous goods by air, a single packaging must have a marked test pressure of not less than...
- 250 kPa for liquids in Packing Group I,
- 80 kPa for liquids in Packing Group III of Class 3 or Division 6.1, and
- 100 kPa for other liquids, or
- a pressure related to the vapor pressure of the liquid to be conveyed, whichever is greater (see reference 49 CFR 173.27(c) and IATA DGR 5.0.2.14 and DGR 6.3.5).
To learn more about a shipper's legal responsibilities for shipping hazmat, UN packaging, hazmat marking requirements and more, the Bureau of Dangerous Goods offers several hazmat training courses for both novices and veterans.
We are also proud to introduce Hazmat University, a completely online hazmat training program designed to bring the same quality of Bureau of Dangerous Goods training that has been provided in classrooms for over 25 years to shippers, freight forwarders and carriers via the Internet.
Packaging is the foremost element of all shippers' responsibilities in the safe transportation of hazmat and dangerous goods. This is particularly true when it comes to shipping hazmat by air. Packages that travel by air are subjected to a variety of conditions that are usually more severe than other modes of transport. Some of these conditions include drastic temperature changes, intense vibration and extreme drops in atmospheric pressure. Reductions in pressure tend to cause leakage of liquids or even bursting of the packagings during flight!
So what does this have to do with marking requirements? Well, remembering that the intent of safe hazmat shipping is to ensure that a hazardous material is not released during transport, a shipper must not use packaging for air shipments unless that packaging meets the applicable testing requirements and is closed in a way that ensures resistance to pressure changes throughout the transportation cycle.
Most shippers of hazmat purchase UN standard packagings (e.g. packagings which conform to both the UN Model Regulations and the HMR) for this purpose. These performance-oriented packagings require the application of UN Specification Markings. Normally applied by the packaging manufacturer, these marks are still ultimately the responsibility of the shipper.
Trained hazardous materials shippers are aware of the significance of the UN specification mark, but often overlook the following component:
If your business uses single packagings (e.g. drums, jerricans, etc.) to ship liquid hazmat or dangerous goods by air, a single packaging must have a marked test pressure of not less than...
- 250 kPa for liquids in Packing Group I,
- 80 kPa for liquids in Packing Group III of Class 3 or Division 6.1, and
- 100 kPa for other liquids, or
- a pressure related to the vapor pressure of the liquid to be conveyed, whichever is greater (see reference 49 CFR 173.27(c) and IATA DGR 5.0.2.14 and DGR 6.3.5).
To learn more about a shipper's legal responsibilities for shipping hazmat, UN packaging, hazmat marking requirements and more, the Bureau of Dangerous Goods offers several hazmat training courses for both novices and veterans.
We are also proud to introduce Hazmat University, a completely online hazmat training program designed to bring the same quality of Bureau of Dangerous Goods training that has been provided in classrooms for over 25 years to shippers, freight forwarders and carriers via the Internet.
Jul 13, 2009
ShipHazmat Summer of Safety Awareness Sale begins July 13, 2009 through September 4, 2009
We here, at the Bureau of Dangerous Goods, Ltd., believe that the only way to ship hazmat is to ship it safely. You could be a freight forwarder or shipper of hazardous materials from a chemical or pharmaceutical company, a hospital or medical facility, diesel or gasoline fuel transporter, an automobile manufacturing plant, or a lithium battery distributor. The safe transportation of dangerous goods and hazmat is our primary concern.
To help you achieve and maintain safety, ShipHazmat.NET is proud to present its first annual Summer of Safety Awareness sale!
From Monday, July 13, 2009 through Friday, September 4, 2009, all new and existing Per-Click account users will enjoy our $6.95 summer special!
What that basically means is you only pay $6.95 per each proper shipping name (UN number) added to a completed dangerous goods shipper's declaration form. This is an unprecedented 54% savings for each credit purchased!
In addition, we will be releasing a series of informative blog entries and reference guides regarding the safe transportation of dangerous goods and some helpful hints to proper dangerous goods declaration form data entry.
To get started, simply visit ShipHazmat.NET, create a new account or log into your existing account, purchase your credits as needed and begin creating fully compliant dangerous goods declaration forms for shipping hazmat by aircraft.
To kick off our summer of safety awareness, here is your first safety tip:
Software and Internet applications like ShipHazmat.NET are not meant to be a substitute or replace trained and certified hazmat employees in any business or working environment. While ShipHazmat.NET helps to exponentially simplify the declaration form filling process with its built-in regulatory logic, hazmat employees should always abide by domestic and international regulatory requirements for hazmat training.
The Bureau of Dangerous Goods, Ltd. provides on-site, classroom and now ONLINE hazmat training (via HazmatUniversity.com) to help hazmat employees meet those training requirements and comply with regulatory law.
Look for more safety tips and helpful hints in the following days to come!
To help you achieve and maintain safety, ShipHazmat.NET is proud to present its first annual Summer of Safety Awareness sale!
From Monday, July 13, 2009 through Friday, September 4, 2009, all new and existing Per-Click account users will enjoy our $6.95 summer special!
What that basically means is you only pay $6.95 per each proper shipping name (UN number) added to a completed dangerous goods shipper's declaration form. This is an unprecedented 54% savings for each credit purchased!
In addition, we will be releasing a series of informative blog entries and reference guides regarding the safe transportation of dangerous goods and some helpful hints to proper dangerous goods declaration form data entry.
To get started, simply visit ShipHazmat.NET, create a new account or log into your existing account, purchase your credits as needed and begin creating fully compliant dangerous goods declaration forms for shipping hazmat by aircraft.
To kick off our summer of safety awareness, here is your first safety tip:
Software and Internet applications like ShipHazmat.NET are not meant to be a substitute or replace trained and certified hazmat employees in any business or working environment. While ShipHazmat.NET helps to exponentially simplify the declaration form filling process with its built-in regulatory logic, hazmat employees should always abide by domestic and international regulatory requirements for hazmat training.
The Bureau of Dangerous Goods, Ltd. provides on-site, classroom and now ONLINE hazmat training (via HazmatUniversity.com) to help hazmat employees meet those training requirements and comply with regulatory law.
Look for more safety tips and helpful hints in the following days to come!
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