Shipping hazardous goods under ADR with Carrier Connect – lithium batteries, SP 188

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 under special provision 188 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) / possible values	Field name in API (business facade) / possible values (details in API documentation)	Notes
Packages and items sheet – Packages field group – create/open package – Hazardous goods field group	Hazardous goods type Special substances	hazardousGoodsType SPECIAL_SUBSTANCE
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 ADR	hazardRegulation ADR
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 Lithium battery	specialSubstanceType LITHIUM_BATTERY
Packages and items sheet – Items field group – new/open item – Hazardous goods sheet – new/open hazardous goods item – Transport field group	Special provision 188 Additional options: Marking required Marking not required	specialProvision 188 specialProvisionMarking HAZARD_MARKING_REQUIRED HAZARD_MARKING_NOT_REQUIRED	You must select Marking required if you are shipping more than two batteries or four cells. You must select Marking not required if you are shipping ≤ two batteries or ≤ four cells.
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”.