DANGEROUS

GOODS
REGULATIONS
What are Dangerous Goods?
Definitions

 IATA: International Air Transportation

Association

 ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization

 FIATA: International Federation of Freight

Forwarders Association

 DGR: Dangerous Goods Regulations

Definitions

 OVERPACK: An enclosure such as a box or bag

which is used by a single consignor to contain one or
more packages in one handling unit for convenience
of handling, stowage and carriage

 HANDLING: means loading, unloading,

packaging or unpacking dangerous goods for the
purposes of (transportation, and storing)
Definitions

 CONSIGNOR = (Shipper)

 CARRIER = (Airline)

 CONSIGNEE = (Receiver)

 CONSIGNMENT = The package of

goods being transported
 examples of Dangerous
Goods
Gasoline

Bleaches

Aerosols
 examples of Dangerous
Goods
Lithium batteries

Wet batteries

Dry Ice
 Dangerous Goods
Check
Packaging Paperwork

Inner Packing MSDS

Outer Packing C/O & C/I & P/L
Labels SLI
Marking AWB
Overpack DGD
DG Check List NOTOC
 Dangerous Goods
Check
 the Packaging must meets the safety
standards
Dangerous Goods
Check

UN specification
marking.
Shipper’s Responsibilities

Compliance

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Loading
Inspection
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Reporting

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IATA Dangerous Goods
Regulations
The manual DGR is based on :
 The requirements of Annex 18 to the Chicago

Convention 1944, and

the ICAO Technical Instructions

for the Safe Transport of
Dangerous Goods by Air
CLASSIFICATION & IDENTIFICATION

 The NINE HAZARD CLASSES are assigned according

to the TYPE OF DANGER they present.

 Packing Groups assigned according to the

Degree of DANGER within a class/division.
CLASSIFICATION & IDENTIFICATION

 Class 1 – Explosives
Division 1.1, Dynamite ‫ت@@يمانيد‬
2. , Flares @‫ل @ع@اشم‬
3. , Display Fireworks ‫ةيرانال‬
‫لأل‬
‫ب@@اع ا‬
4. , Ammunition ‫ةريخذال‬
1.5, 1.6 Explosive Devices ‫أل‬‫ةرجفتمالةزهج ا‬
CLASSIFICATION & IDENTIFICATION

 Class 2 – Gases
 Division 2.1 – Flammable Gas Propane ‫ن@او‬
 Division 2.2 – Non – flammable, Non -toxic gas
Helium
‫مويليهال‬
 Division 2.3 – Toxic Gas Fluorine, Compressed
،@‫طوغضم‬
‫رولف‬
CLASSIFICATION &
IDENTIFICATION

 Class 3- Flammable Liquids

 Class 3 has NO divisions

,…..example:
Gasoline ‫نيزنبال‬
CLASSIFICATION &
IDENTIFICATION
 Class 4 – ;
Division 4.1 – Flammable Solids Ammonium Picrate,
wetted
 Division 4.2 – Substances Liable to Spontaneous
Combustion White Phosphorus‫ض@يابألروفسوفال‬
 Division 4.3 – Substances Which, in Contact
with Water
, Emit Flammable Gases Sodium ‫مويدوصال‬
CLASSIFICATION & IDENTIFICATION

 Class 5 – Oxidizing substances and

Organic peroxides
Division 5.1 – Oxidizer Ammonium Nitrate
‫موينومألا تارتن‬
 Division 5.2 – Organic Peroxide
CLASSIFICATION & IDENTIFICATION

 Class 6 – Toxic and Infectious Substances

Division 6.1 – Toxic Substances Potassium Cyanide

‫دينايسمويساتوبال‬
Division 6.2 – Infectious Substances Anthrax Virus
‫سوريف‬
‫ةثيبخالةرمجال‬
CLASSIFICATION &
IDENTIFICATION

 Class 7 – Radioactive Material

Uranium ‫موينارويال‬
– Low level radiation (I)
– Medium level radiation (II)
– High level radiation (III)
- Fissile Material
CLASSIFICATION &
IDENTIFICATION

 Class 8 – Corrosives

 Class 8 has NO divisions

,
… ..example
: Battery
Fluid
‫ةيراطبال لئاس‬
CLASSIFICATION &
IDENTIFICATION
 Class 9 – Miscellaneous dangerous
goods

 RMD are articles and substances which

during air transport present a danger
not covered by the other classes.
,…..example:
Polychlorinated Biphenyls(PCB)
‫رولكالددعتم لنيفال يئانث‬
 Handling
Labels
Handling labels are providing us with more
information on how to handle a package
containing dangerous goods.

These handling labels may be used either alone or

in combination with the hazard labels.
Documentation / Air
waybill
 The Air Waybill (AWB) should mention the
inclusion of DGD.
Documentation /
DGD
Shipper’s Declaration
for dangerous Goods
or (DGD).
Two fully completed
and originally signed
paper copies of this
DGD
 Dangerous Goods Carried by Passengers and
Crew

There are goods may be permitted to be carried by

passengers and crew either on:

 The person pocket,

 The checked baggage or
 The carry-on baggage,

(always in controlled quantities).

 Contains 3000
List Of
Dangerous
Articles and
Goods Substance to
Subsec.
4.2
be shipped by
Air
 Packing
Groups

 Packing Group I – high danger

 Packing Group II – medium

danger

 Packing Group III – low danger

 Methods of
Packing
 There are two methods of packing dangerous
goods:

 Single Packagings

 Combination Packagings
*Combination
Packagings

Combination packaging = (inner) +

(Outer)
*Single
Packaging
Single packagings are:

 Packagings which do not require any inner

packagings in order to perform their containment
function during transport.
Overpack
s

 Combination and/or Single packagings may

be enclosed to form a single handling unit,
called an overpack.
UN Codes for Type of
Packaging
 Types of Packaging:

1 — Drums/Pails
2 — Barrels
3 — Jerricans
4 — Box
5 — Bag
6 — Composite
packaging
UN Codes for Type of
Packaging
 Materials of Construction
A — Steel
B — Aluminum
C — Natural wood
D — Plywood
F — Reconstituted wood
G — Fiberboard
H — Plastic material
L — Textile
M — Paper, multi-
wall
N — Metal (other
than steel or
aluminum)
P — Glass,
Types of Markings
Labelling -
Types
 There are two types of
labels:
Hazard Label

Handling Label
Labelling -
kinds
 Two kinds of Hazards
labels:
Hazard Label

Hazard Placards
2-Hazard Label &
PLACARDs:
.
Examples of Marking and
Labelling
Dangerous Goods
Regulations