Transporting Dangerous Goods Safely

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Scope

In this edition

Disclaimer

Terminology and usage

Introduction

  • UN Recommendations
  • Common Dangerous Goods
  • Air and Sea Dangerous Goods Codes
  • New Zealand Transport Legislation
  • Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act
    • Aerosols
  • Significant Changes in Dangerous Goods Codes

Requirements common to all transport codes

  • Consignment Procedures – Key Points
  • Identifying Dangerous Goods – Key Points
  • Proper Shipping Name
  • Packaging
    • New Zealand approvals
    • Land transport
    • Air transport
    • Sea transport
    • HSNO
    • Packaging Selection – Key Points
  • Marking and labelling
  • Segregation
  • Documentation – Key Points
    • Comparison of the documentation requirements
  • Dangerous Goods in Limited Quantities
  • Consumer Commodities
  • Requirements for Small Quantities
  • Empty Containers
  • Aerosols

Exported Dangerous Goods

  • Australia
  • North America
  • Canada
  • Europe

Differences between modes

  • Packaging Instructions
    • UN Recommendations
    • Air and Sea
    • Land
    • Comparison of package size limitations
    • Small Packages – land transport only
  • Dangerous Goods in Limited Quantities
    • Packaging
  • Consumer Commodities
  • Special Provisions
  • Proper Shipping Name
  • Goods too dangerous to transport
  • Pollutants and environmentally hazardous substances
  • Packaging
    • Internal Pressure (Hydrostatic) Test
    • Non UN Type-Tested Packaging
    • Excepted Quantities
    • Limited Quantities
  • Segregation
  • Labelling and Placarding
  • Container Packing Certificates
  • Cargo Transport Units and Freight Containers
  • Bulk Shipments

Penalties

  • General
  • Maritime
  • Land
  • Air
  • HSNO

HSNO requirements impacting on transport

  • Transit depots
  • Tracked substances
  • Identification
  • Standard of packaging
  • Documentation

Regulatory Authorities and legislation in New Zealand

  • Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA New Zealand) 
  • NZ Transport Agency
  • Maritime New Zealand
  • Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
  • Department of Labour
  • Ministry of Health
  • Ministry of Health (National Radiation Laboratory)
  • Class

Dangerous goods training

  • Road
  • Sea
  • Air
  • Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996
  • General
  • Training Courses

Bibliography

Glossary of Terms 



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