As with far too many parts of society, there is room for improvement when it comes to gender equality and employing women in hazmat transportation. To give just one appalling example from this past March, Business Insider revealed that women… Continue Reading
In dangerous goods training classes, we sometimes like to ask the class why they think some dangerous goods are restricted to “cargo aircraft only.” The usual reply is, “Because there are people on the plane!” After we remind them that… Continue Reading
Throughout our blogs, we have touched on many aspects of the hazmat transportation process. Topics have ranged from packaging to marks and labels to classification, among many others. Our goal with every post is to be informative. However, no one… Continue Reading
Recently, we have written on the importance of preparing packages and filling out the shipping papers – declaration. However, hazmat employess must do more than just these two steps to properly communicate the contents and dangers of a hazmat package. In this… Continue Reading
Hazmat shippers and transportation companies must invest a great deal of effort and resources into complying with the industry’s pertinent standards. This does not just refer to the regulations established by the federal government in Title 49 CFR (Code of Federal… Continue Reading
January 25, 2019, saw the end of the longest government shutdown in American history. For 35 days, hundreds of thousands of federal employees worked without pay or did not work at all. A quarter of the federal government was affected.… Continue Reading
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