| ADR/RID |
European Road/Rail Conventions (govern transport of dangerous goods
throughout Europe) |
| CARGO AGENTS |
IATA Cargo Agents are licensed “agents” for IATA airlines, selling
and providing service on behalf of the IATA carriers—Many forwarders
are IATA agents—Nearly all IATA agents are also forwarders—IATA Agents
can sign and issue airline airway bills on behalf of the airlines,
forwarders cannot. |
| CEN |
Committee on European Normalization |
| CERTIFICATION |
Hazmat Certification, DG Certification, DG Certified, Hazmat Certified
etc. all refer to the concept that someone, some entity is conferring
approval on an individual or company that they are authorized to ship
hazmat in commerce.—Unfortunately, there's a lot of confusion and
misinformation in this area.—In the US, only the employer can certify
employees. The DOT does not certify anyone; never has. |
| COHMED |
Cooperative Hazardous Materials Enforcement Development |
| CONSIGNEE |
The person or organization to whom the consignment is to be delivered. |
| DANGEROUS GOODS |
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. |
| DANGEROUS GOODS ACCIDENT |
An occurrence associated with and related to the transport of dangerous
goods which results in fatal or serious injury to a person or major
property damage. |
| DANGEROUS GOODS INCIDENT |
An occurrence other than a dangerous goods accident associated with
and related to the transport of dangerous goods which results in injury
to a person, property damage, fire, breakage, spillage, leakage of
fluid or radiation or other evidence that the integrity of the packaging
has not been maintained. |
| DG V |
Public Health & Safety At Work Directorate |
| DG VII |
Transport Directorate |
| DG XI |
Environment, Nuclear Safety & Civil Protection Directorate |
| DGP |
Dangerous Goods Panel |
| E&T Group |
Editorial & Technical Group |
| EC |
European Commission |
| EXCEPTION |
A provision in these regulations which excludes a specific item
of dangerous goods from the requirements normally applicable to that
item. |
| EXEMPTION |
Authorization issued by appropriate national authorities of all
States concerned providing relief from the provisions of these Regulations. |
| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration – an Administration within the US
Dept of Transportation that has oversight over air transportation
activities in the United States.—The FAA enforces the Dept of Transportation
Hazmat (Dangerous Goods) Transportation Regulations. |
| FAA SPECIAL AGENT |
Employees of the FAA Office of Security and Hazardous Materials
who enforce the hazmat/DG regulations and conduct investigations of
shippers, carriers forwarders and other offerors of hazmat by air. |
| FLASH POINT |
Is defined as the lowest temperature at which flammable vapor is
given off a liquid in a test vessel in sufficient concentration to
be ignited in air when exposed momentarily to a source of ignition.
This does not mean the temperature at which a liquid ignites spontaneously. |
| HM-126F |
A somewhat outdated term referring to the original hazmat training
rule that took effect in the early 1990's requiring hazmat training
for all employees of a hazmat employer. |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IATA |
International Air Transport Association |
| IATA Certification |
A worldwide industry (not government) standard for dangerous goods
training. IATA certification is only offered by IATA Endorsed Training
Schools. Transportation Development Group is an IATA Endorsed School. |
| ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
| IMDG Code |
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
| INCOMPATIBLE |
Describing dangerous goods which, if mixed, would be liable to cause
a dangerous evolution of heat or gas or produce a corrosive substance.
Substances that must not be loaded or packed in a position where they
could come into contact with one another. |
| IOMC |
InterOrganization Program for Sound Management of Chemicals |
| MSC |
Marine Safety Committee |
| NAFTA LTSS |
NAFTA Land Transportation Standards Subcommittee |
| NET QUANTITY |
The mass or volume of the dangerous goods contained in a package
excluding the mass or volume of any packaging material (except in
the case of explosive articles and matches where the net mass is the
mass of the finished article excluding packagings). |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development |
| OPERATOR |
A person, organization or enterprise engaged in or offering to engage
in an aircraft operation. (i.e. an airline) |
| OVERPACK |
An enclosure used by a single shipper to contain one or more packages
and to form one handling unit for convenience of handling and stowage.
(i.e. a warehouse pallet or an "E" container) |
| PACKAGE |
Complete product of the packaging operation consisting of the packaging
and contents prepared for transportation. |
| PACKAGING |
Receptacles and other components necessary for the receptacle to
perform it's containment function. |
| PACKING |
The art or operation by which articles or substances are enveloped
in wrappings and or enclosed in packagings or otherwise secured. |
| PACKING GROUP |
An indication of the relative degree of danger presented by various
articles and substances within a class or division. |
| PROPER SHIPPING NAME |
The name to be used to describe a particular article or substance
in all shipping documents and notification and, where appropriate,
on packagings. |
| TI |
Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods
by Air |
| TRANSPORT INDEX |
(Radioactive Material Only). A single number assigned to a package,
overpack or freight container to provide control over both nuclear
criticality safety and radiation exposure |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UN ECOSOC |
UN Economic and Social Council |
| UNCED |
UN Conference on Environment & Development |
| UNCETDG&GHS |
United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous
Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and
Labelling of Chemicals |
| UNEP |
UN Environmental Programme |
| VALUJET DISASTER |
In May of 1996, 110 passengers and crew died on ValuJet flight 592
after a hazmat shipper failed to declare a shipment of chemical oxygen
generators to the airline. The shipment was improperly prepared and
the shippers were not trained and certified to ship hazmat, nor was
ValuJet certified to carry hazmat. |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WSO |
World Safety Organization |
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