IATA Publishes Addendum to 2013 DGR

This is interesting in that the addendum has been published before 1 January 2013!  Click here for the file.

IATA Lithium Battery Guidance

IATA has published another excellent guidance document which addresses the 2013 DGR changes.  To view the document, please click here.

FAA Battery Incidents Report

This document is fairly up to date and will certainly open your eyes as to the large number of incidents in air transportation involving lithium batteries.  Note how many of these take place in the passenger cabin or in checked baggage!

Access the document here.

FAA Allows Transition Period on Lithium Batteries

FAA announced today (12/21/2012) that a one month transition period will be allowed for use of the 2011-2012 ICAO Technical Instructions as they relate to lithium batteries.  This does not include "contained in" or "packed with" equipment.

For the IATA user, this means you may use the 2012 IATA DGR until the end of January 2013

Asiana B744 Cargo Fire

In 2011, an Asiana Airlines B744 freighter crashed off Jeju Island, near South Korea   It has long been speculated that a fire caused by lithium batteries may have been the cause of the crash.  The South Korean government has published an initial report, which you may read here

IATA Changes for 2013

IATA has published a summary of their changes for 2013

You may view it at:

http://www.haztraining.com/images/DGR54-Significant-Changes.pdf

As usual, this document reflects the continued development of the DGR.

See you in the classroom soon!

Environmentally Hazardous Substance?

The EHS concept is getting a lot of attention, particularly now in ICAO/IATA and the IMDG Code.

Trouble is, DOT has had a similar concept for quite some time now.

And as you can imagine, this can get very confusing.

Take a look at the attached document:

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to the Haztraining Blog!  

It's been a long time since we posted, as we shut down our training site for a while, and we apologize for this!


But we are back and here to stay!

Of course so much is happening in the dangerous goods world now, and many topics will be addressed very soon here.

We are inundated with questions about lithium batteries, environmentally hazardous substances, and many other issues.

And we intend to address them all very shortly!

Please visit our training site at:

www.haztraining.com

We look forward to working with you again!