Tipps for shippers
Are you sometimes unsure about the handling of dangerous goods? Here are some tipps for shipping dangerous goods safely:
- Label the outer packaging correctly and sufficiently
- Provide safety data sheets
- Do not paste anything over the danger label
- Notify the shipment correctly
- Do not hand over damaged packages
- Always close screw caps correctly
- Observe the ban on loading together
- Adapt container packaging to the transport conditions
- Create a proper bond between the container/goods and the load carrier
- Make sure the load units are secured form-fittingly to prevent the freight from slipping
- Inform the vehicle driver about the dangerous goods
Further obligations for shippers result from Chapter 1.4.3.1 of the ADR and from § 21 of the Ordinance on the domestic and cross-border transport of dangerous goods (GGVSEB)