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Those involved in the shipment of dangerous goods by air should be aware that the provisions contained in the 61st edition of the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Dangerous Goods Regulations took effect promptly on 1 January 2020. They also need to be alert to the fact that an addendum to the 61st edition was issued by IATA on 2 December 2019 and that this 12-page document contains quite a number of significant changes and corrections to the printed text.

Users of the Regulations are advised to obtain a copy of the addendum either directly from their usual supplier or from the IATA website, where it can be downloaded in all five official languages at www.iata.org/en/publications/dgr/#tab-2.

CARRIER VARIATIONS

A large part of the addendum is taken up by changes to the state and operator variations. These include the insertion of new details for the Department of Civil Aviation of Aruba, included before Belgium in the state variations in 2.8.1.3. Updated contact details have also been provided for the relevant authorities in China and the UK.

More significant are the operator variations. There have recently been a number of changes to the restrictions imposed by various airlines on lithium batteries, which in general involve greater restrictions. These apply for instance to Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, Emirates, FedEx Express, Jetstar Japan, Martinair Holland, Asiana Airlines, Jazz Aviation, Sky Regional Airlines, Oman Air.

Several carriers have also changed their policies on the carriage of fissile material and other radioactives. Emirates has added restrictions on substances of Class 4 and 5. Both Oman Air and Asiana Airlines have amended their requirements for the booking of dangerous goods and Oman Air has added several other restrictions: it will no longer accept UN 3356 chemical oxygen generators, UN 2803 gallium and, for carriage in passenger baggage, UN 1362 activated charcoal.

The largest list of changes relate to FedEx. Regular customer will likely have already been informed but others should take note, particularly to new provisions for the transport of compressed gases, hazardous waste, items shipped under special provision A183, data loggers, US segregation requirements, and the use of dangerous goods compliance software.

PACKAGING MADE EASY

Among the provisions themselves, the most significant changes can be found in the packing instructions, where the single packagings table have been amended in packing instructions P360 to P364, inclusive. The change provides more choice for shippers, after it was deemed unnecessary to restrict the types of single packagings that could be used, notably the omission of drums manufactured from metal other than steel or aluminium. In addition, ‘fibre’ is changed to ‘fibreboard’ in all packing instructions for single packagings, although only for boxes and not for drums.

The remaining changes are largely editorial in nature and can be found in 2.3.2.3.2 (relating to wheelchairs and mobility aids), figure 8.1.F and 10.8.3.9.1.

Further information about IATA’s activities in the field of dangerous goods can be found at www.iata.org/en/programs/cargo/dgr/.

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