PHMSA updates emergency response information requirements in HM-206F for shipping papers

In an effort to enhance safety — the DOT / PHMSA has issued a final rule relating to emergency response telephone numbers in 49 CFR Parts 172 and 174 via the Federal Register (HM-206F) regarding the requirements of emergency response information provided by offerors (shippers).

To promote the effectiveness and safety of transporting hazardous materials, PHMSA is requiring a contact name or contract number be placed on shipping papers in relationship to the emergency response information. This information must be provided in a prominent position on the shipping paper with acceptable locations being along with the offeror's shipping address, or above/below/in relation to the emergency response information.

Additional wording has been revised in §172.604(b) with new information in §172.604(b)(1) and (2) regarding this matter.

The effective date of this final rule on shipping papers has been amended to October 1, 2010. A voluntary compliance date of November 18, 2009 is also effective on shipping papers.

The DOT / PHMSA will be issuing a new updated final rule regarding this matter later today pertaining to the effective date and new information provided in §172.604(b)(1) and (2), to help clarify its intent.

To read the full update, click here for Federal Register HM-206F.

IMO Vessel Dangerous Goods Training on IMDG Code in Shanghai, China on November 12-14, 2009

To help improve the safety of transporting dangerous goods by vessel, and to help shippers, freight forwarders and carriers to improve their technical capabilities, the Bureau of Dangerous Goods Ltd., USA and its Chinese operation the Bureau of Dangerous Goods, China announces a 3-day IMDG training class to be held November 12 to 14, 2009 in Shanghai, China.

This class will feature topics covering the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code regulations for governing the transport of dangerous goods by vessel (sea).

To learn more about this upcoming class or to register, please click on the link provided below:

IMO Vessel Dangerous Goods Training on IMDG Code in Shanghai, China on November 12-14, 2009

Online IMO Vessel Training at Hazmat University Now Available!

Hazmat University is proud to introduce its online IMO vessel training courses, based on the most current International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code regulations. Featuring self-paced learning and easy-to-use technology, Hazmat University is THE online place to go regarding compliance training for shippers and carriers of dangerous goods to be transported by vessel.

Hazmat University - Online IMO Vessel Training Now Available!
Satisfy international dangerous goods training requirements for transporting dangerous goods by vessel transport with our new IMO vessel training courses online! Based on the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code regulations, Hazmat University offers a full line of online training courses for initial and recurrent hazmat employees who require hazmat training (as required in §172.704 of 49 CFR, for United States purposes).

Our IMO Vessel training courses are offered as complete courses, suites and individual modules. Complete courses are intended to address the primary categories of initial and recurrent training as part of the IMDG Code regulations. Suites are value-priced combinations of related course modules that cover major functional categories of the IMDG Code. And individual course modules allow students to learn or refresh upon individual topics, providing greater focus and emphasis on job-specific functions.

Here is just a sample of some online IMO Vessel hazmat training courses that are offered:

IMO Vessel Training Initial Online Package
Includes the following initial modules: regulatory and training, classification, identification, packaging, marking, labeling, documentation, placarding, safety, stowage and securing, and security awareness regarding the transport of dangerous goods by vessel transportation. Satisfies initial hazmat training requirements for DOT 49 CFR §172.704.

IMO Vessel Training Recurrent Online Package
Includes the following recurrent modules: regulatory and training, classification, identification, packaging, marking, labeling, documentation, placarding, safety, stowage and securing, and security awareness regarding the transport of dangerous goods by vessel transportation. Satisfies recurrent hazmat training requirements DOT 49 CFR §172.704.

We also have a Packaging and Communications suite for initial and recurrent online hazmat training that the includes following initial modules: regulatory and training, packaging, marking, labeling, documentation, placarding and security awareness.



To view a complete list of our online IMO vessel hazmat training courses, and also featuring online air hazmat training based on IATA regulatory guidelines and DOT ground hazmat training based on 49CFR, available through Hazmat University, please click on the link below:

Online Hazmat Training at Hazmat University

Hazmat University - Upcoming Online Training Courses

In addition to our current online air training, online ground training and online vessel training courses, Hazmat University will be debuting its online infectious substances training course in the following weeks to come (we're thinking early November). Specialized online training courses are also being developed for Lithium Batteries and Air Carriers.

The Bureau of Dangerous Goods is a global provider of hazmat training and hazmat software solutions. If you cannot find what you're looking for through our online platform for hazmat training at Hazmat University, please contact us for more hazmat training solutions.

To contact the Bureau of Dangerous Goods and speak with a friendly training representative, please give us a call:

1 (609) 860-0300

Or visit our website at:

Hazmat Training and Hazmat Software - Bureau of Dangerous Goods

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IATA Dangerous Goods Training On Transporting By Aircraft in Shanghai, China, October 28-31, 2009 to be hosted by the Bureau of Dangerous Goods, China

To improve the safety of transporting dangerous goods by air, and to help shippers, freight forwarders and carriers to enhance their technical capabilities, the Bureau of Dangerous Goods Ltd., USA and its Chinese operation the Bureau of Dangerous Goods Ltd., China announces a 4-day IATA/CAAC training class to be held October 28 to 31, 2009 in Shanghai, China.

To learn more about this upcoming class, please click on the link provided below:

IATA Dangerous Goods Training in Shanghai, China on October 28-31, 2009

IATA DGR 51st Edition, Perfect Bound, Pre-Order Special $177.00 and Price Match Guarantee before September 30, 2009

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Pre-order the 2010 IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations Manual, 51st Edition (perfect bound), before 5:00 PM EST Wednesday, September 30, 2009 for the low price of $177.00 USD (a 6% savings off regular price of $187.97 USD after September 30, 2009). As the only regulatory manual recognized by air carriers internationally for shipping dangerous goods by aircraft, the IATA DGR is THE publication shippers and freight forwarders can trust.

DG Supplies is also featuring their Price Match Guarantee program for all 2010 IATA manuals, including the IATA DGR 51st Edition manual! If you find a lower advertised price prior to purchase, we will match that price and include FREE standard shipping for your IATA purchase.

Please call 1-609-860-9220 regarding this offer.

Note: This guarantee does not apply to competitors' offers that include free items, pricing errors, mail-in offers, clearance items, or refurbished or used items. Free standard shipping is applicable only towards IATA DGR 51st Edition manual purchases. Other items in the same order may be subject to shipping charges. Overnight and expedited shipping charges apply.

Purchase orders will still be honored by DG Supplies for IATA manuals, under the condition that your purchase order balance for the IATA manuals must be paid in full prior to shipping.

Please call 1-609-860-9220 to speak with a sales representative for purchase orders.

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The following are additional 2010 IATA manuals on sale:

Product Name	Sale Price (before 9/30/09)	List Price (after 9/30/09)
Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) Spiral	$186.00	$197.53
Dangerous Goods Regulations French (Reglamentation pour le Trans.)	$186.00	$197.53
Dangerous Goods Regulations Spanish (Reglamentacion Mercancias...)	$186.00	$197.53
Dangerous Goods Regulations German (Gefahrguts Varschriftern)	$186.00	$197.53

View all IATA DGR manuals

Hazmat shipping forms generated by ShipHazmat.net to transport hazardous materials by aircraft now has new features

If you're new to shipping hazardous materials (hazmat) or if you've been shipping hazmat for years, ShipHazmat.net provides a convenient and affordable way to generate hazmat shipping forms via the Internet.

Using built-in regulatory logic based on IATA/ICAO regulatory guidelines for shipping dangerous goods by aircraft, including U.S. government State variations, ShipHazmat.net helps to reduce:

• clerical time creating hazmat shipping forms,
• typographical errors,
• rejected shipments,
• fines and penalties from improper documentation and packaging,
• individual interpretation of hazmat regulations, and
• much more.

Check out our Summer of Safety Awareness Sale for 54% Savings!

More than a typical templating application, ShipHazmat.net generates fully compliant shipping forms for transporting hazardous materials by aircraft with print-outs of how to properly label and mark your packaging(s). The following are just some of the compliance features offered:

• correctly calculates Q-value for "all packed in one" packages,
• handles compatibility and segregation requirements,
• create single or multiple overpacks,
• view properly labeled and marked diagrams of your hazmat shipment,
• review potentially applicable Operator and State variations,
• print emergency response information for each of your dangerous goods in the shipment,
• use product codes assigned to proper shipping names and UN numbers,
• satisfy record retention requirements by searching and viewing past hazmat shipping forms,
• print with or without red borders (on blank or pre-printed red border paper respectively),
• store shipper and consignee addresses for future use,
• store technical names for future use,
• standardize your declaration form with default information common to every shipment (e.g. shipper address, airport of departure or destination, signatory information, etc.),
• utilize electronic data processing (EDP) to transfer your shipment information electronically to air carriers, and
• much more!

ShipHazmat.net now also features a new metrics and statistics tool to help businesses monitor and gauge shipment activity for its users. See how many hazmat shipments are created each day by each user in your account and make smarter business decisions for efficiently utilizing your hazmat employees.

Save up to 54% when you purchase ShipHazmat.net today!

This online application is a platform designed by the Bureau of Dangerous Goods, Ltd., a global hazmat training and hazmat software business with the vision of promoting the safe transportation of hazardous materials and dangerous goods around the world.

Dangerous Goods Declaration Forms Online at ShipHazmat.NET - Summer of Safety Awareness Sale ends on September 4, 2009

The Bureau of Dangerous Goods recently began promoting its Summer of Safety Awareness Sale at ShipHazmat.NET, an online application for generating dangerous goods declaration forms in complete regulatory compliance with the IATA DGR and shipping dangerous goods by air transport.

Until September 4, 2009, all new and existing per-click users of ShipHazmat.NET are enjoying a 54% savings for each proper shipping name (or UN number) entry added to a completed shipper's declaration form.

Just pay $6.95 per proper shipping name and enjoy the benefits of full compliance without the hassle of spelling errors, individual interpretation of the regulations and menacing fines and penalties from rejected and improperly prepared shipments of dangerous goods.

Additionally, the Bureau of Dangerous Goods will be releasing a series of informative blog entries and reference guides promoting the safe transportation of dangerous goods and hazmat, along with helpful hints to proper dangerous goods declaration form data entry.

We are also proud to introduce our most recent project Hazmat University, a website completely dedicated to online hazmat training. Shippers, freight forwarders and carriers looking for initial and recurrent hazmat training courses in IATA, DOT 49CFR, IMDG vessel and infectious substances can enroll and begin learning at their own pace from any computer connected to the Internet anywhere around the world.

As an added bonus, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Hazmat Security Awareness Course is available for free online through Hazmat University! Simply register a new account and this course will automatically be added to your list of available courses.

Developing a Hazardous Materials Training Program Guide from U.S. DOT, PHMSA and DGAC

To read this document in its entirety, please click on the following link:
A Guide to Developing A Hazardous Materials Training Program

The transportation of hazardous materials (hazmat) plays an integral role in our national and world economies, providing key products and resources that we use every day. We consume oil and natural gas to heat our homes and businesses, and produce raw materials for plastics, fibers, paints and other essential products. We use chemicals to clean our water, fuel cars, construct buildings, fertilize crops, create medicines, manufacture clothing and create many other essential commodities.

All of these products and services rely on the safe transportation of hazmat to be shipped around the country. To promote the safe transportation of hazmat, the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) have established training requirements in the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to address some of the inherent risks to the public, environment and property that need to be managed.

To learn more about these training requirements, the U.S. DOT and PHSMA have released a guidance document for developing a hazmat training program to help hazmat employees learn about the established requirements governing the commercial transportation of hazmat by highway, rail, vessel and air.

To read this document in its entirety, please click on the following link:
A Guide to Developing A Hazardous Materials Training Program

The Bureau of Dangerous Goods, Ltd. promotes the safe transportation of hazmat with its instructor-led classroom training and customized training solutions. We have also recently introduced Hazmat University, an online hazmat training website featuring multimodal training for shipping hazardous materials by shippers, freight forwarders and carriers.

IMDG training for dangerous goods in Shanghai, China for August 2009

The Tianjin, China office for the Bureau of Dangerous Goods, Ltd. is offering a 3-day IMDG training course from August 5 to August 7, 2009 in Shanghai, China to help promote and improve safety awareness for transporting dangerous goods.

This course is specifically designed to familiarize shippers, freight forwarders and carriers with the safe operation, handling and transportation of dangerous goods by vessel; including regulations, documentation and packaging to meet the requirements of increasingly restricted regulatory requirements from North America and Europe.

Upon successful completion of the course, students with a passing exam grade will receive of Certificate of Training Completion, which meets international requirements of dangerous goods training and transportation. This includes U.S. government requirements for general awareness and familiarization, limited function specific training, safety and security awareness training for transporting hazardous materials from, to and within the United States.

Who Should Participate?
Managers and directors of operational staff, managers of freight forwarding businesses who deal with dangerous goods transportation by vessel, and anyone involved in the manufacturing and safety of dangerous goods as it relates to importing and exporting.

For more information, please download our course description and registration form in PDF format, or call us at 1-609-860-0300 in the United States, or 021-52841507 in China.

Spaces are still available!

The Bureau of Dangerous Goods, Ltd. is a global provider of hazmat and dangerous goods training solutions, and innovative leader in dangerous goods compliance software.

We are also pleased to introduce Hazmat University, our online hazmat training website for providing IATA, DOT 49 CFR and IMO online training solutions.

Hazmat Safety Awareness Tip: The Overlooked Marking Requirement for Shipping Hazmat

Are you missing something important?

Packaging is the foremost element of all shippers' responsibilities in the safe transportation of hazmat and dangerous goods. This is particularly true when it comes to shipping hazmat by air. Packages that travel by air are subjected to a variety of conditions that are usually more severe than other modes of transport. Some of these conditions include drastic temperature changes, intense vibration and extreme drops in atmospheric pressure. Reductions in pressure tend to cause leakage of liquids or even bursting of the packagings during flight!

So what does this have to do with marking requirements? Well, remembering that the intent of safe hazmat shipping is to ensure that a hazardous material is not released during transport, a shipper must not use packaging for air shipments unless that packaging meets the applicable testing requirements and is closed in a way that ensures resistance to pressure changes throughout the transportation cycle.

Most shippers of hazmat purchase UN standard packagings (e.g. packagings which conform to both the UN Model Regulations and the HMR) for this purpose. These performance-oriented packagings require the application of UN Specification Markings. Normally applied by the packaging manufacturer, these marks are still ultimately the responsibility of the shipper.

Trained hazardous materials shippers are aware of the significance of the UN specification mark, but often overlook the following component:

If your business uses single packagings (e.g. drums, jerricans, etc.) to ship liquid hazmat or dangerous goods by air, a single packaging must have a marked test pressure of not less than...

• 250 kPa for liquids in Packing Group I,
• 80 kPa for liquids in Packing Group III of Class 3 or Division 6.1, and
• 100 kPa for other liquids, or
• a pressure related to the vapor pressure of the liquid to be conveyed, whichever is greater (see reference 49 CFR 173.27(c) and IATA DGR 5.0.2.14 and DGR 6.3.5).

To learn more about a shipper's legal responsibilities for shipping hazmat, UN packaging, hazmat marking requirements and more, the Bureau of Dangerous Goods offers several hazmat training courses for both novices and veterans.

We are also proud to introduce Hazmat University, a completely online hazmat training program designed to bring the same quality of Bureau of Dangerous Goods training that has been provided in classrooms for over 25 years to shippers, freight forwarders and carriers via the Internet.