According to Martin Castle, chief consultant of dangerous goods to PIRA International, "Many in industry assume that if they are in possession of UN tested …
Department of Transporation and the United Nations
DOT/UN
Another Tale Of Undeclared Cargo
A French tour operator was charged this month with illegally transporting hazardous materials after a flare gun ignited in his suitcase at Miami Intl. Airport. …
Marking And Testing Clarifications
Hazmat employers who fail to provide training or maintain test records account for more than one third of the DOT‘s enforcement actions pertaining to violations …
The Increasing Cost Of Hazmat Fines
About 60% of the hazardous materials transported within the United States, travels aboard commercial aircraft making almost every airplane a hazardous material transporter. Resulting from …
Torque Wrenches A DOT Must!
As reported in previous Newsletters, the DOT inspectors are making their rounds to insure that packaging manufacturers comply with Performance Oriented Packaging requirements, and that …
DOT-7A Markings
As a manufacturer and supplier of DOT Specification 7A Type A packagings, at times we are asked to mark the packagings per CFR 177,350, “USA …