IATA publishes new Guidance Document for lithium batteries

16 February 2017

Following a growing number of requests regarding the changes to the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) for lithium batteries in 2017, IATA has prepared a Guidance Document that addresses the use and carriage of lithium battery-powered devices such as cargo tracking devices and temperature data loggers.
The Lithium Battery Shipping Guidelines (LBSG) are meant to assist shippers in understanding the complete requirements related to the transport of lithium batteries, including packing instructions, and to learn how to comply with the 58th (2017) Edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) on definitions, classification, exceptions, prohibitions (IATA website, December 2016).
Click here for the IATA webpage about lithium batteries.
Click here to download the IATA Lithium Battery Shipping Guidelines (1.13 MB).

This news item is also included in our monthly overview, the NVC Members-only Update. If you have any questions, please contact us: info@nvc.nl, +31-(0)182-512411.