Ensure You Understand Shipping Document Requirements

A shipping document is a document that identifies the dangerous goods that are being imported, handled, offered for transport or transported and contains the information required by Part 3 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Regulations. A shipping document is always required, unless an exemption (i.e., special case) states otherwise and it is the consignor’s responsibility to complete the shipping document before allowing a carrier to take possession of the dangerous goods. The shipping document that accompanies the dangerous goods cannot be an electronic record.

Part 3 of the TDG Regulations lists all the required information that must appear on a shipping document. It also explains the order in which some of the information must be displayed. Furthermore, there is information that must always be displayed on a shipping document and some is only required when applicable.

A summary of the required information and the order of dangerous goods description that must appear on a shipping document can be viewed on The Grid.