News

• 29 March 2018: IATA Guidance on Hazard Labels - 2 mm Line
  
• • Thanks to Paul Horner of Dangerous Goods Standards at the International Air Transport Association (IATA), for sending us this information:

    
    "As it is now well documented that the UN Subcommittee and the ICAO Dangerous Goods Panel have determined that the thickness of the line on hazard labels has no bearing on safety, and the provisions in the ICAO Technical Instructions and IATA DGR will formally remove reference to the thickness of the line on hazard labels with effect 1 January 2019, please find attached a guidance document advising that the dangerous goods acceptance check should not consider the thickness of the line.

    Please distribute this guidance to your contact as you see fit. This document will be posted on the IATA website and also on the DG Community."

    You can download the IATA Guidance Document, as a PDF, by clicking on this link: "Specification of Hazard Labels".

• 26 June 2017: "Indefinite driving ban for “reckless” Immingham HGV driver who left hazardous waste spill unattended"
• • Press Release from the Office of the Traffic Commissioner

• 26 June 2017: IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, 58th Edition, Addendum Posted 20 June 2017
• • "Following discussion at ICAO DGP-WG/17 on additional mitigation measures to address potential risks posed by the carriage of portable electronic devices (PED) in checked baggage due to the security restrictions, the ICAO Air Navigation Commission and Council have approved an addendum to Part 8, Table 8-1 of the ICAO Technical Instructions." 
    
    Addendum to the 58th edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations

• 7 February 2017: Withdrawl Of Final Rule (HM-215N)
• • The new US administration directed DOT to withdraw the Final Rule (HM-215N) that would have harmonised the US domestic dangerous goods regulations, 49 CFR, with the new international regulations set out in the 19th revised edition of the UN Model Regulations, IMDG Code and 2017- 2018 edition of the ICAO Technical Instructions.
    
    This ruling could have significant implications for your business. To read more: Withdrawl Of Final Rule (HM-215N)

• 2017 IATA Updates
  
• • Many thanks to BADGP Committee Member, John Ryan, for supplying us with these two updates:
    
  • • IATA's 2017 Lithium Battery Guidance
    • Significant Changes and Amendments to the 58th Edition (2017) of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulation
  • Thanks to BADGP Member, Paul Horner of IATA, for supplying the following:
  • • Revisions to 2017 operator variations as at 26 December 2016, Rev 1.
      

• 22 October 2016: Draft amendments to annexes A and B of ADR (coming into force on 1 January 2017)
  
• • Draft Amendments from 99th Session of the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, dated 3 March 2016

  • Corrigendum, dated 24 May 2016

  • Draft Amendments from 100th Session of the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, dated 31 May 2016
    
    See details of our Webinar on 8th December 2016, presented by Department for Transport personnel, discussing these amendments.

• 15 August 2016 - Report of the Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods on its forty-ninth session
• • The Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, as part of the UN Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, met in Geneva from 27 June to 6 July 2016. This document is their official report.

• 14 April 2016 - IATA DGR Addendum Stickers
• • A useful guide to the Instructions to be followed, while sticking changes and new provision into IATA DGR 57th Edition (compiled by Tomasz Rudolf DGR/ADR Instructor at DHL DGR,  Instructor & Advisor / Owner at DGRudolf https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomrudolf/

• 25 March 2016 - Updates On Lithium Batteries:
• • Lithium Batteries as Cargo in 2016, Update III, IATA
  • 57th Edition IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, Addendum I, effective 1 January 2016
  • 57th Edition IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, Addendum II, effective 1 January 2016
    
  • Small Vehicles Powered by Lithium Batteries - Cargo Provisions, IATA

• 10 March 2016 - Lithium Batteries By Air Update Webinar - files published for members
  
  
• 19 February 2016 - BADGP Newsletter No 12 published
  
  
• 15 February 2016 - Press Release: Announcement of BADGP Lithium Battery Update Webinar
  
  
• 26 January 2016 - Press Release: Announcement of BADGP AGM & Industry Lectures
  
  
• 19 January 2016 - Press Release: Announcement of Multi-modal Transport of Dangerous Goods Seminar
  
  
• Lithium Batteries as Cargo in 2016
  "The 25th meeting of the ICAO Dangerous Goods Panel meeting (DGP/25), which was held in Montreal 19 – 30 October 2015, considered a number of proposals to address safety concerns associated with the carriage of lithium batteries as cargo."
  To read the full Notice, please click on this link: ICAO Lithium Batteries as Cargo
  
  
• 12 May 2015 - CDG Prosecution: You may wish to note the first prosecution under CDG2009, as detailed on the HSE's News page. BADGP advises companies to take note of the learning points.