Yes its that time of year again, as 2010 comes to a close the new publications which set out the rules for 2011 and 2012 have arrived.
Road Transport – These are controlled by ADR and the new edition (2011) comes into force from 1st January 2011 to cover 2011 and 2012. As usual there is a transition period to give companies time to make the changes but if you use a haulier you may find they don’t give you that time and will expect new labelling and so on from day 1. So be warned. I’d be interested to hear your experiences on this so please let me know if you get any early or unreasonable demands.
Sea Transport – Regulated by the IMO, the new edition is dated 2010 and also covers the period 2011 and 2012. The publication is known as the IMDG and is a 2 volume tome, some people may also want to have a copy of the IMDG Code Supplement although that is one for the specialist!
Air Freight – Unlike sea and road transport, the Air Freight regulations from IATA change every year and so we go into 2011 with the 52nd Edition dated 2011. There are some fairly major changes again this year and you can download a summary of these from our website here. Obviously this came out before the latest “Copier Toner Bomb” outrage so it will be interesting to see if there are some hastily produced amendments to tighten things still further. Anybody who buys the current edition from us will receive any forthcoming amendments completely free of charge.
To learn more about the new publications please visit the HazChem Systems publications page where you can also download an order form.
Incidentally I’ve been contacted by a number of people just asking what all these letters mean, so we have put a new glossary page on our website which explains the most common ones therefore if you need any help just click on Glossary. If there is anything else you think should be there or which you don’t understand please send me an enquiry and I’ll help if I can – just contact David.
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