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Сertificate for safe transport of goods

Certificate of safety of transported goods

When transporting goods by water, air, road, rail, to ensure the safety of transportation, it is necessary to understand the transport risk of goods. 

The qualification of the conditions of cargo transportation consists in carrying out an assessment and recommendations regarding the safety of the transportation of goods in accordance with the laws and standards concerning the transportation of dangerous goods inside and outside the country.

The availability of a certificate for the safe transportation of goods to allow shipping and air companies to transport yourdangerous cargo.

Let's consider what this certificate is, what is written in it and on the basis of which it can be obtained.At the very beginning, the organization issuing this document warns that the report is responsible only for the sample provided, that is, the goods transported must exactly match this sample.

For solid materials, 30 to 50 grams of product samples are usually required, in some cases, when additional tests are required, additional samples are needed (for example, a self-ignition test of about 1 kg, a solid oxidizer test of about 200 g, a liquid metal corrosion test of about 3.5 liters, etc.). The name of the sample and the name of the object sent for inspection must be indicated on the packaging of the sample being sent. For verification purposes, the test center should store samples and not return them (for example, valuable or special samples should be returned in the comments column).

Conditions, form of filling and precautions

  1. the name of the product must contain the specific name of the substance, you can not fill in only the code, model or specification number;
  2. battery products (or products containing batteries) in the "Cargo name" column should indicate the type of battery (for example, zinc-manganese battery, nickel hydride battery, nickel-cadmium battery; lead-acid battery, lithium battery, etc.), battery model, and other necessary technical parameters;
  3. organic pigments (with the exception of acrylic pigments for painting) it is necessary to write the name of the pigment product or the general name;
  4. it is necessary to fill in the name of the manufacturer and the identification unit of the application correctly, it is impossible to make any changes after the release of the report;
  5. it is necessary to provide a product safety data sheet - "MSDS/SDS»;
  6. if the customer has not filled out or incorrectly filled out the required application form, as a result of which there was a delay, errors occurred, additional costs incurred, etc. are borne by the customer;
  7. it is necessary to fill out the application form in the column "mode of transport", if it is not filled in, the document will be issued by default, for transportation by air transport.

Conditions of cargo transportation- due to the fact that different modes of transport meet different safety criteria, each report is issued only for one mode of transport.

Validity period of the Certificate on the conditions of cargo transportation and Updating of the Act- the inspection certificate is valid for a year. During the validity period of the report, the certificate with the initial identification date may be re-issued on the basis of a copy of the original assessment report and a power of attorney of the evaluation unit of the application (indicating the report number, recipient and the seal of the official seal of the certification unit of the application). 

It is important to remember that the rules for the carriage of dangerous goods are updated once a year, so the conditions for the carriage of dangerous goods may change from year to year.

For products with batteries, there are specific requirements for a sample electronic image file:

  • the size ratio (the ratio of width to height) is from 4 to 3 or from 3 to 4 (the number is not more than 8)
  • for the battery, it is necessary to provide photos of the front and rear batteries, if the battery model on the front and back of the model is not visible, it is necessary to provide a close-up photo of the model. If the customer needs to add equipment for transportation, you will need to provide a photo of the device from the front and back.