United Nation Certified packagings require that shippers take into account shipping conditions for package selection. This highlights the need for packagers to purchase packaging that …
Department of Transporation and the United Nations
DOT/UN
A Money Saving Haz-mat Compliance Manual
Unsure whether you have properly classified your hazardous material? Have you packaged it properly? Are your shipping documents correct? So many questions arise when shipping …
Salvage Drum Definition To Be Revised To Include Non-conforming
The Research and Special Projects Administration (RSPA) of the DOT is expected to comply with a proposal to include "non-conforming" packagings within the definition of …
DOT Increases Limits On Haz-mat Non-compliance
The maximum and minimum civil penalties for a knowing violation of Federal hazardous materials transportation law or a regulation issued under that law are increasing …
Haz-mat Incident Reporting Format Revised
Being the only country that formally tracks incidents relating to hazardous materials and dangerous goods, the Research and Special Projects Administration of DOT, has revised …
Hazardous Material Acronyms Defined By DGAC
It‘s easy to feel intimidated in a haz-mat conversation when the acronyms start flying. With some acronyms we try to find an easy pronunciation of …