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DANGEROUS GOODS
If you are involved in the movement of dangerous goods, you will
be aware that the rules change every two years for all forms of
transport. The regulations for 2019 have now been published and
new editions of the following publications are now available from
the world’s leading authorised distributor, Labeline International:
■■ADR 2019 (road)
■■IMDG Code 39-18 (sea)
■■ICAO Technical Instructions 2019
■■IATA DGR 60th Edition (air) Errata issued
for the IATA DGR and found on the Labeline.com site
■■RID 2019 (rail)
■■ADN 2019 (inland waterways)
The regulations are implemented from 1st January 2019 and take
immediate effect for air shipments, whilst there are transition
periods for the other modes during which the outgoing rules may
still be applied.
This year, Labeline has introduced special offers, such as Reg’s
bundles and free laptop bags with selected publications. For
information about this, please visit the website:
Home page, Active DG Regulations for 2019.
Buyer Beware
At a recent Distributors’ Meeting, one of the key points raised was
the issue around counterfeit publications. As the DG Regulations
are, by necessity, relatively expensive, there has been a history of
unauthorised copies being created of both IATA and IMOmanuals -
with the potential risk to safety and breach of copyright. To ensure
that your regulations are the official and correct versions, make
sure that you purchase from an approved distributor. Labeline is
the only authorised reseller in UK and Ireland for all the regulatory
agencies, the largest service provider worldwide for Air regulations
and the only official UK and Ireland importer/distributor for IATA.
Biennial Dangerous Goods Roadshow
The forthcoming changes to the regulations were covered, in
detail, in a series of presentations delivered by experts during two
important update seminars in November.
Chaired by HCB’s Editor-in-Chief, PeterMackay, the second Biennial
Dangerous Goods Roadshow was held in the lavish setting of the
Sheraton Skyline at Heathrow and in the prestigious Radisson Blu
at Manchester Airport. Both events followed the same programme
and were preceded by a relaxing ice-breaker the previous evening.
After a brief welcome and introduction to the sponsors and
exhibitors, delegates were treated to a light-hearted history of
the evolution of dangerous goods legislation, from the original
Explosives Act of 1875 up to the structured multi-modal approach
that we have now across the world. This was delivered by the
experienced double act of two former regulators, Jeff Hart OBE and
Geoff Leach. They gave a fascinating insight into the process of how
regulations are proposed, considered, voted on and then adopted
by the UN, before being filtered down to each of the modal regimes
and subsequently into national legislation.
E-Documentation and the way ahead
Next up on stage was Herman Teering, MD of DGOffice B.V., the
company behind the world-renowned software for generating
dangerous goods documentation. DGOffice is also at the forefront
2019 Dangerous Goods Regulations –
are you ready?
Labeline International explains the importance of keeping abreast of regulatory
change & of being aware of future developments – such as the move towards
adopting electronic DG documentation
Jeff Hart OBE, RichardMasters, Gene Sanders and Geoff Leach