www.truckandtrack.com Winter 2024/25 Truck and Track 59 DANGEROUS GOODS 2025 sees new Dangerous Goods Regulations being applied for all modes of transport. ADR 2025 sets out the requirements for transporting dangerous goods by road and there is a plethora of changes and updates coming in, including 11 new UN numbers and a host of new special provisions – and some deletions. However, there is one specific change that will have significant implications for many drivers and haulage companies. This is the new requirement for compulsory training for crews of vehicles carrying dangerous goods under the Limited Quantity derogations. Significant New Requirement for Drivers and Crew Solely Operating Under Limited Quantity (LQ) Exemptions Under ADR 2023, there was no requirement for the vehicle crew to receive dangerous goods training if they ONLY carried dangerous goods under the Limited Quantity derogations. This has now changed - under ADR 2025, it becomes mandatory for drivers and crews to be trained, even if they only operate under the LQ derogations; unless, of course, they already hold a full ADR Driver Training Certificate. However, there is time to arrange this training as there is a 6-month transition period before ADR 2025* becomes mandatory, so those concerned have until end June to become trained. For more information, contact Labeline and we can help. Maximise the Benefits of the Derogations Products that can be shipped under the derogations have thresholds for Limited Quantities, Excepted Quantities and Small Loads before they fall into the full scope of ADR. Labeline publishes the CDG Exemptions Guide, a useful reference book that lists the maximum allowances for each UN number. This easy-to-read manual helps consignors and hauliers save money and stay within these limits. *ADR is enacted into GB law under The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009 (revised 2023) as ADR itself has no provision for enforcement The new rules can be used from 1st January 2025 and will become compulsory on 1st July 2025. Similar GB regulations and timelines apply to the requirements for Rail (RID). For Sea, the IMDG Code allows a full year, until 1st January 2026, before the updates in the 42nd (2024) Amendment become compulsory. The IMDG Code was developed as an international code for the maritime transport of dangerous goods to enhance and harmonise the safe carriage of dangerous goods and to prevent pollution to the environment. The Code sets out in detail the requirements applicable to each individual substance, material or article, covering matters such as packing, container traffic and stowage, with reference to the segregation of incompatible substances. There is no transition period for air, so the new requirements included in the 66th Edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations are mandatory from Are You Ready For 2025? Richard Shreeve, Labeline’s Compliance Manager highlights some of the regulatory changes for 2025 and the need to keep up to date Labeline’s Compliance Manager Richard Shreeve
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