Shipping hazardous goods under ADR with Carrier Connect – lithium batteries
The following tips help you input data in Carrier Connect or transmit data from your host system via the API to Carrier Connect when shipping lithium batteries as hazardous goods by road under ADR.
Familiarize yourself with the basic process for creating a hazardous goods shipping order here: Marking hazardous goods packages and creating new hazardous goods items in Carrier Connect.
Location of field in shipping order | Name of field in shipping order (user interface) / | Field name in API (business facade) / | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Packages and items sheet – Packages field group – create/open package – Hazardous goods field group | Hazardous goods type
| hazardousGoodsType
| |
Packages and items sheet – Items field group – new/open item – Hazardous goods sheet – new/open hazardous goods item – Hazardous goods sheet – Classification field group | Mode of transport
| hazardRegulation
| |
Packages and items sheet – Items field group – new/open item – Hazardous goods sheet – new/open hazardous goods item – Hazardous goods sheet | All required fields must be completed. | ||
Packages and items sheet – Items field group – new/open item – Hazardous goods sheet – new/open hazardous goods item – Hazardous goods sheet – Substance properties field group | Special property
| specialSubstanceType
| |
Packages and items sheet – Items field group – new/open item – Hazardous goods sheet – new/open hazardous goods item – ADR sheet | All required fields must be completed. |
Carrier Connect recognizes which information must be printed on the label or other documents and transmitted in the EDI based on the information in the dangerous goods item and the selected service provider. This requires that the selected hazardous goods type was implemented in Carrier Connect. You can find this information in the System Description: “Functional scope of the offered carriers offered”.