Tag: lithium batteries
'The air cargo industry should also encourage more awareness, create more visibility, improve the level of competency and quality management'
Dmitriy Kulish, Director for Hi-Tech and Automotive, Volga-Dnepr Group which also has the scheduled air cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) talks about how the industry can build safety...
'There continues to be work on developing a packaging standard that can be used to verify that the package is capable of containing a fire event'
Regulations need to stay one step ahead of the enforcement, as do regulators. David Brennan, Assistant Director Cargo Safety & Standards, IATA (International Air Transport Association), shares his...
Lithium shipments- can the industry get its act together?
Lithium batteries have been known to cause spontaneous ignition and uncontrollable fire on aircraft. How can the industry fight misdeclaration, wrong packaging, improper handling, absence of...
'The regulation needs to start much earlier in the supply chain, and it must be sufficient to deter bad behaviour'
Guillaume Halleux the Chief Officer Cargo of Qatar Airways speaks to The STAT Trade Times about compliance, handling of misdeclared or poorly packaged Lithium battery shipments, and the gaps in
'The way forward is a joint approach between the dangerous goods community and the security community'
What is broken and what can be fixed to ensure visibility and safe transit of Lithium battery shipments? Edwin Boon, Cargo Operational Safety Manager & Dangerous Goods Policies at AFKLMP Cargo...
