Section 8 of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Dangerous Goods Regulations require the shipper of a dangerous good to provide the information specified by the regulations for each and every consignment of dangerous goods unless an exception is provided at 8.0.1.2.  This information may be provided in one of two formats:

• By EDP (electronic data processing) or EDI (electronic data interchange) techniques, if the operator agrees.

Or…

• By the use of the “Shipper’s Declaration of Dangerous Goods”.

The purpose of this article will be to identify the information that a shipper must provide to the operator when offering a dangerous good for transportation by air.  The same information must appear on the Shipper’s Declaration of Dangerous Goods or in the form of an EDP or EDI. (more…)