The transport of a hazardous material can be accomplished by any one of four modes (rail, highway, air, or water) and by even more forms of a transport vehicle. If the mode of transport is rail, the transport vehicle used…
Top Ten Best Practices For Rail Shippers
If you ship hazardous materials by rail there are a lot of things you have to take into consideration in addition to the standard requirements of all HazMat shippers. These include: The requirements and limitations on the use of tank…
General Placarding Requirements
49 CFR 172.504 – General Placarding Requirements contains the applicability, scope, and general requirements for the use of placards when transporting a hazardous material. §172.504(a) identifies the five (5) types of packagings and modes of transportation that will require placards,…