A customer recently asked us about all the “letters and numbers” that appear on the side and bottom of our drums. While he was aware …
Department of Transporation and the United Nations
DOT/UN
PHMSA to Open in Transit Packagings
An issue that has been under consideration for an extended period, has been finalized. The issue concerns the safety for hazardous material packagings to be …
PHMSA increases Non-Compliance Violations
PHMSA is publishing an updated statement of policy revising the list of frequently cited violations (Part 107 Subpart D) and modifying individual baseline assessments. PHMSA …
A Need for UN Enforcement
(by guest author, Richard Chesworth) Some call it packaging regulations, other call it ‘red tape’. Whatever it is known as, we are constantly ‘suffocated’ by …
Doctors should have it this good!
New Hours-of-Service Safety Regulations to Reduce Truck Driver Fatigue Begin July 1. 2013. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced …
DOT, Really???
At a Packaging Roundtable meeting at the recent annual Council on the Safe Transport of Hazardous Articles (COSTHA) conference in San Diego, members were discussing …