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What are Salvage Drums?

When it comes to shipping dangerous goods, anything is possible. Imagine filling your dangerous goods into a drum, only to…

Michael ZendanoJanuary 31, 2022

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Are Airbags Dangerous Goods?

Airbags are an essential safety device when operating a motor vehicle. It is one of those devices that we are…

Michael ZendanoJanuary 24, 2022

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Shipping Limited Quantities by Ground vs Air, What’s the Difference?

This post was originally published in November 2020 and has been updated in December 2024 for accuracy. As many of…

Michael ZendanoDecember 1, 2024

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Anatomy of a Box

This post was originally published in May 2017 and has been updated in December 2021 for accuracy. Fiberboard's Organs As…

Michael ZendanoDecember 16, 2021

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Rejected package but checklist doesn’t reference prepared package

I had a very “interesting” air shipment rejection recently. Let me tell you what happened. A client dropped off some…

ICC Regulatory ExpertNovember 30, 2021

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What About Cobb … Testing?

This post was originally published in September 2017 and has been updated in April 2025 for accuracy. What is Cobb…

Michael ZendanoApril 1, 2025

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Shipping Dior … Perfume, not Christian

This post was originally published in January 2018 and has been updated in November 2021 for accuracy. A freight forwarder…

ICC Regulatory ExpertNovember 18, 2021

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When are Absorbents Required by Air?

Depending on the regulation, there are very specific requirements on what type of outer and inner packaging you must use…

Michael ZendanoNovember 15, 2021

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Choosing the correct 4GV

4GV Packaging has made shipping dangerous goods easier domestically and internationally for shippers with a wide variety of inner containers…

Michael ZendanoOctober 25, 2021

The Packaging Instruction Sheet

In my previous blog concerning the DOT audit, we looked at the common VIOLATIONS that the DOT auditors find. Now,…

Karrie Ishmael, CDGPOctober 13, 2021