How to send Restricted / Hazardous / Dangerous goods
Dangerous goods come in many shapes and sizes. Some are obvious and others might pass you by. But Shipping Hazardous Materials can be done safely. With many years of shipping experience through our extensive network of service providers, we have the collective know-how on handling different types of Dangerous and Hazardous cargo by Road and Air. These Dangerous / Hazardous goods include any articles, substances or chemicals that pose a risk on health and safety regulations and the environment. We have the relevant networks in place to assist with the packaging and logistical elements of getting these items to their final destination.
The responsibility remains with the you,
The client, to ensure that contents of the shipment is correctly declared as well as ensuring the parcels are correctly packed, marked, labelled and are accompanied with the correct documentation in compliance with all regulations applicable in the countries of origin, transit and destination. Ie don’t use a bicycle boxed and then fill it with drugs. That’s illegal. For additional details and quotations, kindly contact #bicyclecouriers. Or get a quote right here.
Examples of dangerous goods
- Explosives like toy caps for guns, grenades or fireworks
- Flammable solids like batteries, matches or firelighters
- Flammable liquids like petrol and paints and thinners
- Flammable gas like aerosols, CO2 bombs, gas cylinders & lighter fuel
- Radioactive materials, better leave that to Koeberg
- Oxcidizing substances like chlorine and peroxides
- Corrosives like batteries, acids and thermometers
- Poisons like pesticides and rat poison or resin
- Others like dry ice, petrol engines or magnetized materials
The most relevant dangerous goods when it comes to bicycles
Mainly two very important items:
- CO2 bombs
- E-bike batteries
The former, CO2 cannisters (don’t be that person that shouts BOMB! at the airport), ie those small cartridges that usually come in 16g or 25g or 40g that can be used to quickly inflate your bicycles tyres. // And the latter is the other obvious dangerous good with respect to bicycles: E-bike batteries. Which can be very frustrating, we know, but that leads to new opportunities. For us at least. Which is where we as #bicyclecouriers fit in. So let us take your ebike with road transport from point (A) to (B). to your favourite race, or holiday destination, or beyond!
