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Dangerous goods
Dangerous Goods in Air Freight
Similar to truck and sea freight transport there are also binding conditions which must be followed in airfreight. But what are dangerous goods?
It is often overlooked that there are dangerous goods in a finished appliance (batteries, gas cartridges etc.) or that e.g. a small package is enclosed by the advertising department (advertising lighters, matches, adhesives etc.). Also some types of cosmetics count as dangerous goods and overlooking those goods can have serious consequences. Because...
...in the event of an accident resulingt from undeclared or wrongly declared dangerous goods, then only the sender is liable for the damage arising.
Therefore you always have to know exactly what is in your consignments!
All dangerous goods must be declared as such and be correspondingly packaged.
The stipulated dangerous goods signs must be enclosed.
To do this you need certain details about the goods depending on the type of danger, e.g.
in the case of flammable products > the flammable sign
in the case of poisonous products > the LD 50 value and the skull and cross bones
In the case of corrosive goods: the hand beneath a test-tube
Our Röhlig airfreight specialists can give you exact information about the dangerous goods regulations.
