Goods are to be considered dangerous if the transport of such goods might cause harm, risk, peril, or other evil to people, environment, equipment or any property whatsoever.
Articles or substances which are capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety or property when transported by air and which are classified according to subsections 3.1 through 2.10 in IATA. This includes cargo labeled as flammable, corrosive, radioactive, etc.
Dangerous Goods (also referred to as hazardous materials or restricted articles), are described as articles or substances that are capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety or property when transported by air. The following are some examples of dangerous goods that must be declared at time of booking: Oil-based paint and thinners (flammable liquids) Industrial solvents Insecticides, garden chemicals (fertilizers, poisons) Lithium Batteries (not in cameras) Magnetized materials Machinery (chain saws, outboard engines containing fuel) Fuel for camp stoves, lanterns, torches or heating elements Automobile batteries Infectious substances Any compound, liquid or gas that has toxic characteristics Bleach Flammable adhesives Perfume Alcohol Refer to the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations Manual for more examples and information.
Commodities falling under Federal regulations as Hazardous Goods that require special shipping paperwork and in some cases dangerous goods signs known as "placarding" on the exterior of transporting vehicles.
substances that may be corrosive, flammable, explosive, spontaneously combustible, toxic, oxidising, or water-reactive. These goods can be deadly and can seriously injure or kill people, damage property and the environment.
Articles or substances which are capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety or property when transported by air and which are classified according to the U.S. DOT and IATA/ICAO List of Dangerous Goods.
Commodities that, when transported, pose some form of danger to people, animals, the environment, or the carrier.
The term HAZMAT (Hazardous Materials) is used extensively in the U.S. National ITS Architecture, while the Canadian practice is to use the term “Dangerous Goods”. In order to facilitate the adaptation of the U.S. National ITS Architecture, the two terms are considered synomonous in the Canadian ITS Architecture and the term HAZMAT is retained in numerous definitions.
The term used by IMCO for hazardous materials.
Articles or substances capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety, or property, and that ordinarily require special attention when transported.
Any product, substance or article that is listed in the federal Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations. Any article or substance that poses an inherent risk to life, property, or environment.
Articles or substances capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety or property when transported and which are classified according to the most current editions of ICAO Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods and IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.
Items that are classified as requiring special handling for transport. Such items may or may not be acceptable by a courier or accepted under specific packaging requirements.
The term used by I.M.C.O. for hazardous materials which are capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety or property while being transported.
Goods which are capable of posing a health or safety risk when transported by air.
Articles or substances that could pose a significant risk to health, safety or property when transported by air. Fr: marchandises dangereuses
Commodities classified by IATA according to its nature and characteristic in terms of the effect of its danger to carrier's flying safety. Back to top of screen
The term used in TDG regulations to describe hazardous materials.
Dangerous goods are substances which pose risk to health, safety, property or the environment during operation and/or transportation. (In the United States, the equivalent term is Hazardous Material.) They are divided into classes on the basis of the specific chemical characteristics producing the risk.
