Transportation of hazardous goods!

In a highly industrialised society, hazardous goods are frequently used and also, of course, transported. What is important during transport is to protect the life and health of humans and animals and to avert hazards to public safety and order.

The term hazardous goods encompasses all substances and objects that might pose a hazard to humans and the environment during transport. Possible attributes of such substances: They are irritating, corrosive, poisonous, chronically harmful, mutagenic, inflammatory, explosive, inflammable, carcinogenic or environmentally hazardous. They may be transported either not at all, only in specific quantities or only in specific packaging.

Just what substances and objects are deemed hazardous is defined in the Chemicals Act and Hazardous Goods Ordinance and elsewhere. The Hazardous Goods Ordinance contains approximately 3,000 hazardous goods or generic entries, the precise transport designation and UN identification number of the product to be shipped.

Hazardous goods legislation differentiates between nine categories, broken down into 13 sub categories. The following are the ones most commonly dispatched:

An international set of rules was therefore drawn up for the transportation of hazardous goods to ensure that these sensitive goods can be transported in a way that is fundamentally safe. The regulations are constantly reviewed and upgraded having regard to scientific and technological knowledge.

The regulations are promulgated in Federal Law Gazettes I and II and supplemeted if so required by notices in the transport sector gazette. The hazardous goods regulations for different means of transport were introduced in 2001 in a revised form. They are now presented in a more readily comprehensible and better harmonised format. They are updated every two years to reflect current developments. More under: BMVBS...

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