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Final part of the jigsaw

LQ A year ago the Bulletin published an article outlining the promise of an end to the confusing lack of modal harmonisation in the transport of dangerous goods in limited quantities. That promise is close to being fulfilled, as Martin Castle reports

Gloves off

CONFERENCE REPORT San Antonio’s new Grand Hyatt offered a home-from-home for DGAC delegates at last year’s annual conference. With all the recent shenanigans at DOT, there was plenty of opportunity to have a collective grumble and bandy around some arguments

PHMSA acts on fuel cells

The US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a final rule under docket HM-243 this past April 30, making changes to the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to allow certain fuel cell cartridges and fuel cell systems to be transported by passengers and crew in carry-on baggage on passenger aircraft.

PHMSA acts on fuel cells

The US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a final rule under docket HM-243 this past April 30, making changes to the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to allow certain fuel cell cartridges and fuel cell systems to be transported by passengers and crew in carry-on baggage on passenger aircraft.

Converging parallels

MULTIMODAL It is obvious that those who work in dangerous goods need to be trained but it had proved tricky to specify exactly when this training should take place and who should oversee untrained personnel. This was just one of a range of contentious issues tackled by the UN experts at their December meeting

Give it time

The UN experts, having decided to cut short their December 2007 session due to a shortage of submissions, ended up passing several topics on to the July 2008 meeting for final decisions. However, some new entries were agreed for the Dangerous Goods List and work on IBC refurbishment could generate some significant changes

Back to the real world

Some regulators like to put it about that there are no more major changes in the pipeline. That's not what it feels like for industry and last year's DGAC annual conference gave delegates plenty to think about

The Montreal deal

One of the lengthiest and most contentious meetings of the ICAO Dangerous Goods Panel ended last November in agreement on some far-reaching provisions. Those who ship dangerous goods by air should be aware that there are some significant changes coming, some as soon as next year

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