Regulations
Regulations
The instruments that govern dangerous goods carriage, and what each one actually determines.
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Regulations
- Class 1 explosives The six divisions, the thirteen compatibility groups, and what the classification code decides about a shipment.
- ADR The agreement governing international carriage of dangerous goods by road, how its nine parts fit together, and what it asks of an operator.
- RID The rail counterpart to ADR: what it is, how it differs, and where rail earns its place for regulated cargo.
- IMDG Code The IMO code governing dangerous goods carriage by sea, its amendment cycle, and the segregation and stowage rules that shape a booking.
- IATA DGR How the ICAO Technical Instructions become the rules an airline actually applies, and why acceptance has to be checked carrier by carrier.
- Class 7 radioactive Package types, activity limits, transport index and the approval routes that usually decide the schedule.
- US hazmat (49 CFR) Who regulates what in US hazardous materials transport, how the federal rulebook is arranged, and where state requirements sit on top of it.
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