Hazardous goods

Carrier Connect makes it possible – within the options offered by each transport service provider – to ship your hazardous goods safely and in compliance with all hazardous goods regulations (ADR, IATA/ICAO-TI, RID, ADN, IMDG) on all transport routes, including special hazardous goods types such as lithium batteries and dry ice, limited quantity (LQ), excepted quantity (EQ), and small quantity (for the US).

Check the Carrier Connect System Description – Functional scope of available carriers – under “Special characteristics” for the transport service provider in question – whether and to what extent hazardous goods shipments can be processed.

Carrier Connect provides all the required fields so that you can transmit all the information needed for each mode of transport, including UN numbers, hazardous goods classes, hazardous goods regulations, special provisions, packaging groups, environmental hazards, packing instructions, 24-hour emergency contact, dangerous goods points, and flash points in compliance with the hazardous goods specifications for ADR, IATA/ICAO-TI, RID, ADN, and IMDG.

Important notes

• All master data relating to hazardous goods – UN numbers, hazardous goods classes, modes of transport, packaging groups, classification codes – is managed in your host system. You transmit this data to Carrier Connect to fill in the corresponding shipping order fields that the transport service provider needs to ship hazardous goods.
• If the transport service provider explicitly requests this, the hazardous goods information is printed on the carrier-specific shipping documents and transmitted to the transport service provider in the EDI.
• Hazardous goods information is not printed on general shipping documents that are valid for all transport service providers, such as loading lists.
• Hazardous goods documents that are required for every hazardous goods transport, regardless of the transport service provider, such as the "IMO Dangerous Goods Declaration" or "Shippers Declaration for Dangerous Goods", are not generated and printed via Carrier Connect, but via your host system.
• Carrier Connect does not validate or check the accuracy of your hazardous goods data.
• The responsibility for the accuracy, legal compliance, and proper handling of your hazardous goods shipments (in accordance with current hazardous goods regulations, e.g. for ADR) lies exclusively with your company or your hazardous goods declarant.