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With the launch of our new website we have seen an increasing number of customers finding our company via online search engines such as google. Trawling through our stats we found some interesting search terms that have directed people to our site (perhaps the subject of a future blog). One of the most popular, perhaps not surprisingly, was "hazardous goods labels" so we thought we'd do a quick search on google to see where we ranked.... Top 10 perhaps? No, number one!   I'm sure that if you were to ask any of our customers who was the number one...

IATA - International Air Transport Association The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is the global trade organization for the aviation transport industry. Established for over 60 years, the IATA has developed a set of commercial standards that have helped build a global industry in air transportation. The IATA’s mission is to:“represent, lead and serve the airline industry. Its members comprise some 260 airlines - the world’s leading passenger and cargo airlines among them - representing 94 percent of international scheduled air traffic." The IATA publish an annual set of Air Regulations, guidelines and training books for hazardous goods shipment via...

On the 10th May 2004 the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004 provided an update to UK Hazchem carriage guidelines intended to align domestic haz-chem regulations for carriage of dangerous goods with the international hazchem transportation guidelines ADR. Section 55 of the new hazchem regulations outline the information that should be displayed on vehicles carrying dangerous goods. It details specific requirement for the hazchem labelling of vehicles, tanks, and containers with hazardous loads: A reflective orange hazard warning vehicle plate must now be shown at the fron of all vehicles carring dangerous goods including tankers.   Vehicles carring hazchem loads by road are required to display a reflective orange...

To facilitate easy identification of dangerous goods, the international community has created a nine class classification system. This is subdivided as necessary, in order to adequately provide for the nature and properties of individual goods. For each class and division there are corresponding labels which must be affixed to the outside of a package during transport. These labels are illustrated below, along with a brief description of each class. Note: The following information is provided as guidance only. We will not be held responsible for it's misuse. Always seek advice from a properly trained person when selecting appropriate labels for you...