Let Air Sea Containers, Inc., Ensure Your Product Meets IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations
For more than half a century, shippers have relied on the International Air Transport Association to define industry standards for shipping dangerous goods by air. These standards, codified in the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations manual, form the baseline for classifying, packing, identifying, and shipping dangerous goods.Typically published each fall, the 56th edition and it’s changes become effective on January 1, 2015. Important changes in the new edition include those such as the addition of an exception for lamps with certain quantities of dangerous goods, the requirement that lithium batteries of a specific size be shipped only in carry-on baggage, and an allowance for use of “related material” as a proper shipping name for many paints and similar materials.
Knowledge of and abidance by the nuances of these regulations, and their annual revisions, are essential not only in order to secure the safety of air passengers worldwide, they are also essential to the profitable operation of your business. Putting aside the potentially catastrophic consequences of a grossly mislabeled (or unlabeled) package of dangerous goods, understanding and implementing these regulations fully and efficiently is key to getting your product safely and quickly to your customer.
How Air Sea Containers Can Help Get Your Product to Your Customers
Accruing that knowledge and putting it into practice begins with obtaining a copy of the latest version of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations. Air Sea Containers, Inc., is an official distributor of the publication, in addition to many other related books and CD-ROMs. As an official distributor, Air Sea Containers, Inc., ensures you get the latest version in print or electronic format at the discounted price available only through an official distributor.
What’s more, Air Sea Containers, Inc., can help navigate your business through the next stages of the process. We will work with you to figure out the right packaging product for your shipment. If we don’t have an existing product that meets your needs, we are also happy to work with you in order to design a custom solution that satisfies your needs and IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations. Over more than two decades, our family-owned and family-operated business has focused on providing businesses with top-quality products that get your goods safely to their destination.
Our catalog of shipping materials begins with our wide selection of boxes, but it extends well beyond these base shipping solutions. All of our hazmat boxes are United Nations certified, which means they have been rigorously tested to meet International Civil Aviation Organization standards, in addition to those levied by the Code of Federal Regulations Title 49 and the International Maritime Organization. Single boxes range from 8.5”by 8.5” by 15” to 18” by 18” by 19” in size. To complement that stock, we provide hazmat shipping kits with boxes designed specifically to hold one-quart metal cans, one-gallon paint cans, jerricans, and oxygen generators. Our boxes are able to ship Packing Groups I, II, and III Solids or Liquids.
In addition to our array of boxes, we provide accessories that you need to complete the shipment, from plastic liners to box tape to multiple grades of vermiculite absorbents. We also sell convenient, 500-label rolls to properly identify your hazardous materials in any of nine classes, including non-flammable gases, flammable liquids, toxic, radioactive, corrosive materials, and others.
Air Sea Containers, Inc., also has solutions for safely warehousing your dangerous goods before shipment, and for loading and unloading. Our company has a ready stock of safety cabinets for flammable items in a full range of styles—slim-line, deep, upright, corner, countertop, and wall-mounted, among others. Varying degrees of security are also available, from container locks to high-security steel bars. Other products include solutions for drum storage and dispensing, and our flexible spill pans and Throw N’ Go products. These latter items can be deployed quickly and easily anywhere they’re needed. They are an immediate an elegant solution for hazardous materials handling or spill containment.
A Great Partnership: Your Business and Air Sea Containers, Inc.
We understand that it can be challenging, especially as a small business owner, to keep up with changing regulations. Even for a Fortune 500 company, the change is difficult in other ways—managing and implementing potential changes through a diverse and high-volume supply chain.
Air Sea Containers, Inc., stocks the latest edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations to help you understand your responsibilities and to give you access to the most relied-upon manual in the business. The IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations represent a collaborative effort between governments, airlines, and various agencies.
We strive to achieve that same high level of collaboration with our customers. We’re here to help you at every step of the way and at each decision point, from understanding how to classify and identify your shipment to the boxes and labels you need to do it. Our selection and supply are, for all intents and purposes, limitless: We will find a way to produce the solution your business needs at a cost that works for your company’s bottom line.
No other dangerous goods packaging supplier is as interested in the success of your shipment as Air Sea Containers, Inc. We’ve demonstrated this level of commitment to our clients year after year and shipment and shipment. Let our experience and expertise give you confidence that your next shipment will meet shipping regulations in any state or country and will arrive safely at your client’s home or office.
Few businesses have such straightforward definitions of success or failure for their product, or such intolerance for mistakes. Since 1991, we have thrived on that challenge and continue to take pride in each successful arrival.
