New Year, New You, New Regulations

61^st Addendum

It’s a new year and a new regulation addendum. Actually, it’s the first addendum to the 61^st Edition IATA (International Air Transportation Association) Dangerous Goods Regulation (DRG). It’s fitting that it should take effect January 1, 2020. With everyone’s New Year’s resolutions and all. If your reading this, maybe your New Year’s resolution is like many, to read more. What better way to start the new year than educating yourself about the confusing world of hazmat shipping?

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The first addendum to IATA DRG aims to correct and amend text which include amendments such as:

• Several operator variation revisions, especially with regards to lithium battery transport.
• Updates and corrections to various IATA Packing instructions
• New State variations for Aruba (AWG)

The IATA operator variations on the other hand are carrier-specific requirements that shippers must follow when offering dangerous goods by air. For example:

Air Canada

• AC-09 – Used and/or refurbished lithium batteries packed with or contained in equipment, Section II, packed in an overpack are not accepted for carriage as cargo

FedEx Express

• FX-05 – Aims to clarify its acceptance criteria for lithium batteries.
• FX-09 – Requires “All Packed in One and Overpack shipments to or from the US to comply with segregation requirements of 49 CFR 77.848
• FX-10 – Outlines requirements for Accessible Dangerous Goods (ADG) and Inaccessible Dangerous Goods (IDG) dropped off at staffed FedEx locations.

Emirates

• EK-02 – Expanded its list of dangerous goods that will NOT be accepted for carriage as cargo.

IATA also made changes to packing instructions (PI) which may be relevant if you use PI 360, 361, 362, 363, or 364 for preparing your dangerous goods air shipments.

For a full list of variations, amendments, and packing instructions click HERE

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